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What stylists make
Median
$35,790
Bottom tenth
$27,040
Top tenth
$71,190
The national median is $35,790 a year, the bottom tenth earn $27,040 or less and the top tenth $71,190 or more, in the 2025 survey. Two things push the real number around. Plenty of stylists work part time, which drags the low end down. And the survey counts wages, so tips and the earnings of stylists who rent their own chair are largely missing from it.