Hairdresser, Hairstylist, or Cosmetologist Salary

Updated: 30 May 2012
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Less than 1 year$10,137 - $98,633  
   
1-4 years$11,789 - $48,066  
5-9 years$12,122 - $52,452  
10-19 years$14,738 - $61,626  
20 years or more$12,723 - $51,064  
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Country: United States | Currency: USD | Updated: 30 May 2012 | Individuals Reporting: 369
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Hairdresser, Hairstylist, or Cosmetologist Job Description

People with the job title Hairdresser, Hairstylist, or Cosmetologist typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Provide beauty services, such as shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May also apply makeup, dress wigs, perform hair removal, and provide nail and skin care services.

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Hairdresser, Hairstylist, or Cosmetologist - (City withheld for privacy), California, United States
Get it in writing and keep a paper trail and a log of anything that you may need to back you up.
Posted in Job Security on 31 Mar 2010
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Hairdresser, Hairstylist, or Cosmetologist - (City withheld for privacy), Michigan, United States
I think I should be getting paid more an hour because I am working way to hard for the rate I'm getting. I'm always keeping busy. The paper that I read when I started for the hourly wage said all Cost Cutters employees start at 8.50 an hour, and I'm only getting 7.50 an hour.
Posted in Fair Pay on 29 Jul 2007
 
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