Xisaab-celinta
Cosmetology licence
About 125,000 people a year finish a cosmetology programme and borrow to do it. The work it leads to pays less than the typical American job, which means the cost is never recovered from a pay premium — because there isn't one.
Waa maxay qiimaha uu leeyahay in la helo — badhtamaha qaybta.
Ma jiro dhererka tababarka kaliya - waa la aasaasay oo ka mid ah dawlada oo ka mid ah dawlada.
Ma jiro waqti lacagta dib. Shaqada bixisaa lacag la'aan ah oo ka badan shaqada caadiga ah ee Mareykanka, sidaas darteed waxaa jira waxba oo ku saabsan qiimaha in la soo celiyo ka.
Marka aan la aqoonsan karin tirada kor ku xusan waxaan daabacnaa mid ka mid ah oo aan ahayn qiimeyn.
Qoraalka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · aragti
Waa maxay in qiimaha sawirka waa, iyo waxa ay tahay
The federal programme code, CIP 12.04, covers cosmetology together with related grooming programmes such as nail technology and esthetics, so the range is not cosmetology alone. That range is median cumulative FEDERAL LOAN DEBT at completion, not a tuition sticker price and not total cost. It is what completers actually borrowed, so it excludes grants, savings, family money, employer funding and living costs — which makes it a FLOOR on what the credential costs, never a ceiling. The low and high figures are the 25th and 75th percentiles across the institutions that report a figure for this programme, so a quarter of institutions sit below the low end. College Scorecard pools two award years into each figure; the release used here is dated 10 June 2026.
Every state sets its own training-hour requirement and they range from roughly 1,000 to 2,100 hours — nine months to over a year full time. There is no national figure, and we will not average fifty different rules into one that no state actually uses.
Licences renew every one to two years, with a fee in every state.
Tirada dadka haystaan, iyo inta badan oo ka shaqeeyaan ee dhulka
Ma awoodi karno in aan soo saarno midkan
Si ay u aqoonsi qaar ka mid ah, hay’adda soo saarka daabacaadda tirakoobka aamin ah oo qof kasta oo haysta, iyo halka ay samayso waxaan daabacnaa tiradaas oo ku xiga tirada dadka shaqada loo qabtay. Tiradaas oo kale ah ma jiro mid ka mid ah in aan xaqiijin karno, sidaa darteed boggani wuxuu muujinayaa midna. Waxaan ka sii jeedsan doonaa kala fogaanshaha muuqata ka badan buuxinta la qiimeyn - a abuuray waa ka xun mid ka maqan, sababtoo ah ma la hubin karo.
There is no national count of licensed cosmetologists. Licensing is run by fifty separate state boards, no federal agency aggregates them, and the one industry body that collects licence records sells them and mixes US and Canadian data. So this page shows no denominator. We looked; it is not there.
Maxaa ka dhacay dadka oo dhammeeyey tababarka
Afar sano ka dib markii dhamaystirka — sawirka code barnaamijka, ma aha shaqadan oo keliya
Ama 109,085 dadka oo dhammeeyey Cosmetology and personal grooming, undergraduate certificate or diploma iyo ma ay wax ka baran afar sano ka dib, 16,760 ma laha wax mushahar ah oo ku saabsan diiwaanka oo dhan — 15.4%. Kuwa ahaa kuwa shaqeeyay ku kasbaday dhexdhexaad ah oo $26,307, la badhtamaha badhtamaha u dhexeeya $13,783 iyo $41,270.
"Ma jiro wax soo saarka ku qoran" ma aha "ka shaqayn". Miisaanka waa aan jirin wax diiwaanka mushaarka iyo wax kasta oo wanaagsan oo shaqo-abuurka mushaarka sanadka oo dhan. Qofna ma la weydiiyay haddii ay doonayaan shaqo, sidaas daraaddeed tirada dadka ka tagay shaqaalaha by doorasho - koritaanka carruurta, daryeel, safarka, ku nool qof kale oo mushaarka, ka tagay dibadda - la mid ah qof kasta oo doonayay shaqo oo aan lahayn. qofna ma daabaco kala qaybinta oo aan ka yaabay. waxa ay samayso waa in ay soo saaraan in dadka badan oo tababarkan dhamaystay oo ay waxba ka soo bixin ama wax kale afar sano ka dib, taas oo ah si dhab ah waxa mushaarka figure kor ku qoran ma kuu sheegi karo.
Iyo sawirkan ma aha mid gaar ah shaqadan. Dowladda federaalka ah ayaa daabaca barnaamijyada natiijada at afar-dhibcood granularity iyo wax ka yar, iyo barnaamijyada this aqoonsiga ee qaybiyaan code iyaga oo kale. Sidaas oo kale, sawirku wuxuu sharaxayaa qof kasta oo dhammeeyey wax kasta oo hoos ku qoran code in heerkan, ma aha oo kaliya dadka oo u dhaqaaqay in ay sameeyaan shaqadan.
Waxa code-ka barnaamijkaas ku saabsan: CIP 12.04 is cosmetology together with barbering, nail technology, esthetics and related grooming programmes. They lead to different state licences and somewhat different pay, and the Department publishes no split. What they have in common is the thing this row shows: they are the largest sub-degree programme in the country by completions, and they have the worst four-year outcome of any programme on this page.
This is the worst outcome of any programme we can publish, on the largest sub-degree cohort in the country. Set it beside the cost above: people are borrowing for it.
Cidda waa in cohort: completers oo helay deeq waxbarasho federal ah - in ka badan badh ardayda dhigata USA, iyo badhka kale ma la xisaabtamo halkan. Dadka oo u tegey in ay wax ka bartaan dheeraad ah ayaa ku jira mid kasta oo tiirka. Wasaaradda hoos u haysta hay'adaha la cohorts aad u yar oo ay daabacaan iyo ku daray codka tirakoobka in ay naafada ah, sidaas darteed tani waa lacag ka badan hay'adaha ku filan oo weyn in ay warbixin: 788 ka mid ah, soo kabashada 81.8% ee Wasaaradda ee xisaabta qaranka ee barnaamijkan. Ka qaadista barnaamijyada warbixinta ugu yar ee dhaqdhaqaaqa qiimaha by 0.1 dhibcood boqolkiiba.
Qoraalka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · aragti · tirada la mid ah ee barnaamij kasta oo aan ku daabacan karno
Waxa ay kuu ogolaanaysaa inaad sameyso
Lacagta ku saabsan shaqada, ma aha in aqoonsiga. Kuwaas waa shaqooyinka ay ku siinaysaa aad u.
| Shaqada | Ma loo baahan yahay? | Dhexdhexaad | Shaqaale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | Legally required to hold the job | $35,790 | 305,710 |
Lacagta dhexdhexaadka ah iyo shaqada: BLS Shaqada Shaqada iyo Tirakoobka Lacagta, May 2025.
Ma u bixisaa naftiisa?
Shaqada this furaysaa ma bixiso in ka badan shaqada caadiga ah ee Mareykanka mar kasta oo shaqo kasta oo la miisaamiyey by inta qof ee ku jira. Ma jiro mushaharka premium, sidaas darteed ma jiro waxba oo ku saabsan qiimaha in la soo celiyo ka. Taasi ma aha in ay ka dhigi aqoonsiga aan waxtar lahayn - waxaa laga yaabaa in sharci ahaan loo baahan yahay, ama jidka shaqada aad ka sii wanaagsan tahay in la sameeyo - laakiin waxay ka dhigan tahay ma aha maalgashiga in lacag la siiyo.
Waxa aad u baahan tahay ka hor inta aadan bilaabin
- A place at a state-approved cosmetology school
- The state training-hour requirement, which varies widely
Ha samayn haddii
- you are borrowing to pay for it — the work it leads to pays below the typical US job, so the debt has no pay premium to come out of
- you cannot stand for most of a working day
- you are counting on salon employment — much of this work is booth rental, which is self-employment with none of the guarantees
Dhammaan aqoonsiga, by waqti payback · Sidaan loo xisaabiyey · Ka eeg wax kale