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Hairstylist

Hairstylist

  • Transform looks with creative haircuts, colors, and styles for every personality.
  • Boost confidence and self-expression through personalized beauty services.
  • Explore artistry in hair design, from classic cuts to bold, vibrant colors.
💰 Earn $35K-$47K
📚 Vocational Training

Overview

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.

Scoop

Minimum Education

Vocational Training

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

1 to 2 years

Job Openings

80,000 Annually

Median Earnings

$37,170 in California
$34,970 Nationally

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Day-to-Day

  • Keep work stations clean and sanitize tools, such as scissors and combs.
  • Bleach, dye, or tint hair, using applicator or brush.
  • Cut, trim and shape hair or hairpieces, based on customers' instructions, hair type, and facial features, using clippers, scissors, trimmers and razors.
  • Schedule client appointments.
  • Update and maintain customer information records, such as beauty services provided.

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Being creative or artistic
  • Influencing or leading others
  • Relating with or serving others

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Speaking

You value 🙏

  • Accomplishing things
  • Having freedom
  • Personal relationships

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