Esthetician
Esthetician Job Description
Estheticians duties consists of using certain lamps and lights to magnify and evaluate the condition of the skin, they do facial massages, chemical peels to reduce fine lines and age spots. They can show anyone the proper way to take care of their skin, and even recommend skin care routines depending on your needs. They must also know how to apply and use wax to remove hair from the body and face. Some of them even sell cosmetics and apply makeup to clients, others help plastic surgeons and dermatologists with preoperative and postoperative skin care regimens for clients.
Estheticians have to do all of those things while constantly keeping records and scheduling appoints and also checking inventory for products within the place of work. As well as keeping themselves up, it can be an enjoyable job if you like making people feel good about themselves and want to be involved in the beauty industry, you must have the passion for it or you will not get any joy from doing it Estethicians salaries can greatly increase over the years, the hard work will pay off though.
Esthetician Salary Statistics as of 2015
Average annual salary for a Esthetician is $27308 based on statistics in the U.S. as of 2015. The highest salary recorded was $47198. The lowest salary reported was $17124. These figures will vary on a state to state basis as these are averages across all 50 states.
Median hourly wage for a Esthetician is $13.58 based on statistics in the U.S. as of 2015. The highest hourly rate recorded was $23.47. The lowest hourly rate recorded was $8.52. These figures will vary on a state to state basis as these are averages across all 50 states.
Bonuses for a Esthetician are based on the years of experience using statistics from the U.S. as of 2015. The average bonus recorded was $50 from people with 15+ years of experience. The average bonus recorded was $0 from people with under 1 year of experience.
These are the highest paying states for a Esthetician. These numbers are based of the median annual salary as of 2015.
Arizona – $9,600 – $18,803
California – $10,134 – $50,031
Maryland – $23,583 – $45,781
New Jersey – $27,770 – $35,610
Ohio – $20,952 – $52,500
Texas – $17,817 – $59,180
Washington – $24,465 – $48,605
These are the highest paying cities for a Esthetician. These numbers are based of the median annual salary as of 2015.
Austin, Texas –
Seattle, Washington –
Baltimore, Maryland –
Scottsdale, Arizona –
Portland, Oregon –
Houston, Texas –
San Francisco, California –
This chart outlines the average annual salary of a Esthetician from the past 5 years. In 2015 the average annual salary was $27308 while in 2007 it was just $25324.96
Although training and schooling varies from state to state, they all require estheticians to be licensed from a cosmetology school or a local vocational program. You must always take an exam before you become licensed, the exam consists of a written test, and an oral test. Qualifications to become licensed included being at 16 years old, having a high school diploma or ged, and have graduated from a cosmetology program.
Different states do examinations and qualifications differently though. There may be a small fee for obtaining a esthetician license, and you may have to pay that fee everytime it is time for a renewal. Just like a drivers license, estheticians license have to be renewed and updated after they’ve have them for a certain time and new beauty treatments have began to appear on the market.
While working in this industry of personal appearance and beauty, you must always be a people person. You must have good interpersonal skills, seeing as you will be interacting with different clients on a daily basis. You must always keep yourself up and have a generally neat appearance and a friendly disposition, those are very important while working in the beauty industry. The better you look and the happier you are, the more clientele you will gain over the years.
You have to figure out where you would like to work, some estheticians work in beauty salons or resort spas, whereas others work in hospitals or dermatology offices or even nursing homes. That all depends on you and where you would like to take your talents.
An estheticians salary can also depend upon where she is working. And you will also have to figure out if you would ever want to open your start your own salon where you would be the owner. There are a lot of possibilities in the beauty and personal appearance industry.
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Based on our stats gathered across the U.S. 1% of Estheticians were males while 99% were females. These numbers are based on averages across all states combined. Some individual states may have a much different ratio however.
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