Barber shops

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
81.1k
2022
Average Employee Age
39.2
2022
Estimated Job Growth
9.16%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$30,710
2022
Average Male Salary
$31,721
2022
Average Female Salary
$27,908
2022

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 43.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $35,244. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $17,775.

The workforce of Barber shops Industry Group in 2022 was 81,090 people, with 26.5% woman, and 73.5% men.

In 2022, 45.6% of the workforce in the Barber shops Industry Group was White (37,012 people), of which 34.9% were women and 65.1% men.

Employment & Salaries

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

The workforce in Barber shops Industry Group was 81,090 people and is concentrated in California (9,415 workers). The average annual salary was $30,710, being $33,973 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

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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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (9.42k), Texas (8.19k), and Florida (8.17k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Barber shops Industry Group had an average annual wage of $30,710, $33,973 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.392
WAGE GINI

Barber shops has a wage GINI of 0.392, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

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Occupations

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

Barbers are the most common position with 71,103 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 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were barbers (71,103 people), hairdressers, hairstylists, & cosmetologists (4,630 people), and receptionists & information clerks (1,130 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$31,721
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$2,781
$27,908
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$3,789

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.

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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.

New York and California 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.

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Intermediate Inputs

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

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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

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

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.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. 30,500
  2. 29,938
  3. 19,688

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Diversity

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

Of the total workforce, 26.5% corresponds to women and 73.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $31,721 and $27,908.

83.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or associates degree.

Gender and Age

21,498
Women
26.5%
59,592
Men
73.5%

The workforce of Barber shops industry in 2022 was 81,090 people, with 26.5% woman, and 73.5% men.

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

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Races

In 2022, 45.6% of the workforce in the Barber shops industry was White (37,012 people), of which 34.9% were women and 65.1% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Barber shops workers in 2022 were high school or equivalent (38,457 people), some college (21,443 people), and associates degree (7,736 people).

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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 9.16% in the next ten years. The Personal Care Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 9.16%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (40.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (40.8%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Personal Care Services.
9.16%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
9.16%
National Growth
10-year Projection

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Personal Care Services.
40.8%
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10-year Projection

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