Barber shops

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

82.4k

2024

Average Employee Age

38.6

2024

Estimated Job Growth

8.89%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$33,135

2024

Average Male Salary

$34,285

2024

Average Female Salary

$30,047

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Barber shops Industry Group are barbers, hairdressers, hairstylists, & cosmetologists, and receptionists & information clerks. On average, full-time employees in the Barber shops Industry Group work 43.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $37,771. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $20,301.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Barber shops Industry Group are Osceola County (West) PUMA, FL, Memphis City (Southwest) PUMA, TN, and Tuscarawas & Harrison Counties PUMA, OH.

The workforce of Barber shops Industry Group in 2024 was 82,350 people, with 27.2% woman, and 72.8% men.

In 2024, 37.5% of the workforce in the Barber shops Industry Group was White (30,871 people), of which 38.7% were women and 61.3% men.

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Other Services, Except Public Administration

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Barber shops Industry Group.

The workforce in Barber shops Industry Group was 82,350 people and is concentrated in California (10,085 workers). The average annual salary was $33,135, being $36,743 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Other Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.81%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 5.79M people employed in the Other Services industry. This represents a 3.81% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Other Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (10.1k), Texas (9.74k), and Florida (8.97k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Barber shops Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Barber shops Industry Group had an average annual wage of $33,135, $36,743 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Barber shops Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.391

WAGE GINI

Barber shops has a wage GINI of 0.391, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Barber shops (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Barber shops Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Barber shops Industry Group.

Barbers are the most common position with 71,756 workers, but the Barber shops Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Hairdressers, hairstylists, & cosmetologists and Receptionists & information clerks.

The highest average salary in Barber shops goes to Other managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Barber shops Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were barbers (71,756 people), hairdressers, hairstylists, & cosmetologists (4,318 people), and receptionists & information clerks (1,653 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$34,285

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,252

$30,047

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,722

On average, Male workers in the Barber shops Industry Group make 1.14 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Barber shops Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Barber shops Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Barber shops Industry Group.

The Barber shops Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Barber shops Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Barber shops is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Barber shops Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Barber shops Industry Group is Professional and business services.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Barber shops is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Professional and business services
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Barber shops Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Barber shops is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Barber shops Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Barber shops Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
20,161
New York
16,128
Florida
13,514

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Barber shops industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Barber shops Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 27.2% corresponds to women and 72.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $34,285 and $30,047.

82.8% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or associates degree.

Gender and Age

22,360

Women

27.2%

59,990

Men

72.8%

The workforce of Barber shops industry in 2024 was 82,350 people, with 27.2% woman, and 72.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Barber shops industry.

Races

In 2024, 37.5% of the workforce in the Barber shops industry was White (30,871 people), of which 38.7% were women and 61.3% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Barber shops workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (38,566 people), some college (21,375 people), and associates degree (8,214 people).

The chart shows the Barber shops workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Personal Care Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 8.89% in the next ten years. The Personal Care Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 8.89%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (34.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (34.3%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Personal Care Services.

8.89%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

8.89%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Personal Care Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 8.89%, the average rate of national job growth.