Employment Outlook
· 4 out of 5 salon owners looking for new employees reported difficulty in finding qualified
personnel
· Employment options include: hair design, color technician, perm specialist, nail
technician, esthetician, sales representative, platform artist, research assistant, massage therapist, personal trainer and more.
· Jobs as hair stylist and cosmetologist were ranked by Money Magazine as "America's 50 Hottest Jobs".
· Cosmetology is among the fastest growing fields from now through 2010 with an expected growth of 69%.
· The salon industry in Pennsylvania is a job-seekers market today, with over 56% of the salon owners reporting at least one or two job openings available immediately.
· The average income for a salon professional in Pennsylvania
and in America today is $30,000 to $50,000 per year.
· Great Clips (chain of salons) reports there are currently 6 job openings for every cosmetology
graduate.
· The U.S. Department of Labor projects 80% of the jobs created in the next decade
will require education beyond high school, BUT only 20% of them will require a four-year degree.
· Hairstylists, cosmetologist, estheticians, manicurists and pedicurists are listed in the top 20 of the fastest-growing occupations
and occupations with the most openings in Pennsylvania through 2012.
· Hairdressers reported
making 42% of their Gross Income from tips…this supplemented a base salary that averaged $13.95/hour. This means, that on average,
hairdressers in the survey made around $24.00/hour or $48,000.00/year.
· Estheticians
reported an average base of $15/hour with an additional 22% in tips or an average of approximately $19.00/hour or $39,000.00/year.
· Today, the growing salon industry offers a dramatically unique 'zero unemployment' factor
– needing many more new salon professionals than we can supply. The salon industry remains a job seekers market!
Sources:
US Department of Labor
Pennsylvania Department of Labor
Payscale.com
National Association of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences