I-Credential
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.
Ixabiso elifunekayo ukufumana i-100% yemali efunekayo
Akukho bukhulu boqeqesho olulodwa - lumiselwe ilizwe ngalinye.
Akukho xesha lokuhlawula kwakhona. Umsebenzi awuhlawuli ipremiyamu ngaphezulu kwemisebenzi eqhelekileyo yase-US, ngoko akukho nto ifunekayo ukubuyiselwa kuyo.
Xa akukho mfanekiso ophezulu ungaqinisekiswa sipapasha akukho mfanekiso ngaphandle kokulinganisa.
Icebo: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · Imboniselo
Iinkqubo ezixhaswa yi-Agency for the
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.
Iinkqubo zolawulo lweendawo ezikhuselekileyo
Ayikwazi ukuvula ifayile
Kwiziqinisekiso ezithile, ilungu elikhupha ishicilela ubalo oluthembekileyo lwawo wonke umntu ophetheyo, kwaye apho ishicilela khona sishicilela elo balo phantsi kwenani labantu abasebenzayo kwimisebenzi. Akukho balo olunjalo lukhoyo kule nto sinokuthi siyiqinisekise, ngoko ke eli phepha libonisa akukho. Sifuna ukubeka umngcipheko obonakalayo kunokuba siwugcwalise ngexabiso elilinganiselweyo - i-denominator eyenziweyo ingcono kuneyona ingekhoyo, kuba ayikwazi kuvavanywa.
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.
Iinkqubo zoqeqesho ezinikezelwa yi-IOM ziquka
Iminyaka emihlanu emva kokuphela — ixabiso lekhowudi yenkqubo, hayi le misebenzi kuphela
I-O 109,085 abagqibezela Cosmetology and personal grooming, undergraduate certificate or diploma minyaka mihlanu emva koko, 16,760 i-100% 15.4%. abasebenzayo bafumana i-10% yemali $26,307, 100% $13,783 kunye $41,270.
“Akukho nzuzo kwincwadi” ayinguye “ongenamsebenzi”. Uvavanyo lubonisa ukuba akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo. Uvavanyo lubonisa ukuba akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo. Uvavanyo lubonisa ukuba akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo. Uvavanyo lubonisa ukuba akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kwaye akukho msebenzi ofunyenwe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo.
Le mifanekiso ayichazi kakuhle le misebenzi. IGosa lezoBugcisa lipapasha iziphumo zenkqubo ngeenombolo ezine ezithe nkqo, kwaye le nkqubo yobungqina ibelana ngekhowudi yayo nabanye. Ngoko ke, lo mfanekiso uchaza bonke abagqibezela nantoni na phantsi kwekhowudi kulo mgangatho, hayi kuphela abantu abaqhubekeke ukwenza le misebenzi.
Iinkqubo ezixhasayo: 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.
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Icebo: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · Imboniselo · i-100% yemali efunekayo
Izinto ezikuvumela ukuba uzenza
Imali ixhomekeke kwimisebenzi, ayixhomekeki kwidiploma. Ezi zimisebenzi eyenza ukuba uphumelele.
| Imisebenzi | Ingaba ifuneka? | Median | I-Ofisi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | Legally required to hold the job | $35,790 | 305,710 |
Imali ephakathi yomsebenzi nomsebenzi: I-BLS, Umsebenzi osebenzayo kunye neNkqubo yoLwazi lweMivuzo, ngoMeyi 2025.
Ingaba ihlawulisa ngokwayo?
Umsebenzi ovulwa yi-APS awuhlawuli ngaphezulu kunemisebenzi eqhelekileyo yase-US xa umsebenzi ngamnye uthelekiswa nobani na abasebenza kuyo. Akukho nzuzo yokufumana imali, ngoko akukho nto ifunekayo ukubuyisela iindleko. Oku akuyi kwenza ukuba i-credit card ibe yinto engasebenziyo - inokuba ifuneka ngokwemithetho, okanye indlela yokungena kwimisebenzi ofuna ukuyiyenza - kodwa kuthetha ukuba ayisiyonto ihlawulisa imali.
Izinto ofuna ukukhetha
- A place at a state-approved cosmetology school
- The state training-hour requirement, which varies widely
Musa ukwenza oku ukuba
- 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
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