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

Currently Employed: 1,386

Yearly Projected Openings: 50

Typical Hourly Wage: $12.82 - $25.99

Typical Annual Salary: $26,700 - $54,100

• Keep work stations clean and sanitize tools such as scissors and combs.
• Cut, trim and shape hair or hairpieces, based on customers' instructions, hair type and facial features, using clippers, scissors, trimmers and razors.
• Analyze patrons' hair and other physical features to determine and recommend beauty treatment or suggest hair styles.
• Schedule client appointments.
• Bleach, dye, or tint hair, using applicator or brush.
• Update and maintain customer information records, such as beauty services provided.
• Shampoo, rinse, condition and dry hair and scalp or hairpieces with water, liquid soap, or other solutions.
• Operate cash registers to receive payments from patrons.
• Demonstrate and sell hair care products and cosmetics.
• Develop new styles and techniques.