Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
Provide beauty services, such as cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May shampoo hair, apply makeup, dress wigs, remove hair, and provide nail and skincare services.
What is this job like?
- Operate cash registers to receive payments from patrons.
- Schedule client appointments.
- Bleach, dye, or tint hair, using applicator or brush.
- Attach wigs or hairpieces to model heads and dress wigs and hairpieces according to instructions, samples, sketches or photographs.
- Order, display, and maintain supplies.
- Train or supervise other hairstylists, hairdressers, and assistants.
- Cut, trim and shape hair or hairpieces, based on customers' instructions, hair type, and facial features, using clippers, scissors, trimmers and razors.
- Develop new styles and techniques.
- Comb, brush, and spray hair or wigs to set style.
- Keep work stations clean and sanitize tools, such as scissors and combs.
- Keep work stations clean and sanitize tools, such as scissors and combs.
- Demonstrate and sell hair care products and cosmetics.
- Shave, trim, and shape beards and moustaches.
- Update and maintain customer information records, such as beauty services provided.
- Apply water or setting, straightening or waving solutions to hair, and use curlers, rollers, hot combs and curling irons to press and curl hair.
- Administer therapeutic medication and advise patron to seek medical treatment for chronic or contagious scalp conditions.
- Analyze patrons' hair and other physical features to determine and recommend beauty treatment or suggest hair styles.
- Give facials to patrons, using special compounds, such as lotions and creams.
- Recommend and explain the use of cosmetics, lotions, and creams to soften and lubricate skin and enhance and restore natural appearance.
- Shape eyebrows and remove facial hair, using depilatory cream, tweezers, electrolysis or wax.
- Order, display, and maintain supplies.
- Massage and treat scalp for hygienic and remedial purposes, using hands, fingers, or vibrating equipment.
- Shampoo, rinse, condition, and dry hair and scalp or hairpieces with water, liquid soap, or other solutions.
- Administer therapeutic medication and advise patron to seek medical treatment for chronic or contagious scalp conditions.
- Shampoo, rinse, condition, and dry hair and scalp or hairpieces with water, liquid soap, or other solutions.
- Cut, trim and shape hair or hairpieces, based on customers' instructions, hair type, and facial features, using clippers, scissors, trimmers and razors.
- Train or supervise other hairstylists, hairdressers, and assistants.
- Apply artificial fingernails.
- Demonstrate and sell hair care products and cosmetics.
- Demonstrate and sell hair care products and cosmetics.
- Clean, shape, and polish fingernails and toenails, using files and nail polish.
Local Wage Data
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Hourly Wage
$21,800
$33,290
$60,080
$10.48
$16.01
$28.88