Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Barbers
Barbers provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair; trimming beards; or giving shaves.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Barbers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $21,810 to $25,480 per year or $10 to $12 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Barbers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $31 | $63,450 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $22 | $46,400 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $16 | $32,470 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $12 | $25,480 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $10 | $21,810 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| WA | $30 | $61,790 |
| MA | $28 | $58,550 |
| MD | $26 | $54,800 |
| IL | $24 | $50,550 |
| OR | $21 | $44,580 |
| OH | $21 | $42,920 |
| MN | $20 | $42,630 |
| NY | $20 | $41,160 |
| KY | $19 | $40,490 |
| NE | $19 | $40,360 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Barber is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like WA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at WA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Barbers are in the states of WA, MA, MD, IL and OR.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Care Services | $37900 | $18.22 |
| Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals | $36870 | $17.73 |
| Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) | $ | $* |
| State Government | $ | $* |
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2 Comments on “How Much Do Barbers Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)”
Need to redo your numbers here Owlguru. I’m a barber in the state of OK, and make over $100,000 a year. Haircuts for men have gone up. Even on the lower end of things. This needs to be updated, or polling more barbers to get a correct estimate
Hey Lauren,
We get all our numbers direct from the government who does all the polls.
You are right in regards to the haircuts of both men and women have gone up which would increase the salary for barbers.