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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.
Yini izindleko ukuthola — ingxenye ephakathi kwesigaba.
Akukho sikhathi sokuzivocavoca esifanayo — simiswa isimo ngasinye.
Akukho sikhathi sokukhokha emuva. Umsebenzi awukhokhi ipremiyamu ngaphezulu kwemisebenzi ejwayelekile yase-US, ngakho-ke akukho lutho oluzobuyiselwa kuzindleko.
Uma akukho sithombe esiphezulu esingaqinisekiswa sishicilela lutho ngaphandle kokulinganisa.
Umsuka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · isithombe
Yini lenani lemali, nokuthi yini engasekho
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.
Ingabe abantu abaningi bagcina lokhu, futhi bangaki abasebenza kule ndawo
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Kumanye amagunya, ilungu elikhiphayo lishicilela inani elithembekile lalabo bonke abaphethe, futhi lapho likwenza khona sishicilela inani elifana nalo eduze nenani labantu abasebenza umsebenzi. Akukho inani elinjalo elikhona kulolu hlelo esikwaziyo ukuliqinisekisela, ngakho ikhasi libonisa ukuthi alikho. Sizoshiya isikhala esibonakalayo ngaphezu kokugcwalisa ngesilinganiso - umlinganisi okhishwe ungcono kunalowo ongekho, ngoba awukwazi ukubhekwa.
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.
Yini ekwenzeke kubantu abaqedile ukuqeqeshwa
Iminyaka emihlanu ngemuva kokuqedwa — isithombe sekhodi yephrojekthi, hhayi le misebenzi kuphela
noma 109,085 abantu abaqedile Cosmetology and personal grooming, undergraduate certificate or diploma futhi bebengafundanga iminyaka emine ngemuva kwalokho, 16,760 ayikho imali engenayo ebhalwe phansi — 15.4%. Abasebenza bathola umphakathi we-R1 100 000 $26,307, ngengxenye ephakathi phakathi $13,783 futhi $41,270.
“Akukho inzuzo ebhalwe phansi” akuyona “imisebenzi engasebenzi”. Umbiko we-2015 we-National Statistics Office (NSO) ukhombisa ukuthi i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ezweni lonke basebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ubonisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ukhombisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ubonisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS.
Le nombolo ayifani nemisebenzi enjalo. I-Federal government ishicilela izimpendulo zezinhlelo ezingenalutho, futhi lezi zinhlelo zihlanganisa ikhodi labo nabanye. Ngakho-ke, isithombe sichaza wonke umuntu oqedile noma yini ngaphansi kwalo khodi kulo mqondo, hhayi abantu abahamba phambili ukwenza le misebenzi kuphela.
Igama lephrojekthi: 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.
Obani abakhona: completers abatholayo usizo lokufunda i-federal - cishe ingxenye yabafundi base-US, futhi enye ingxenye ayilinganisiwe lapha. Abantu abaye bafunda kabanzi bakhona emkhakheni othile. I-Isikhungo sicindezela izinhlangano ezinezinhlaka ezincane kakhulu zokushicilela futhi singeza umsindo we-statistics eqenjini, ngakho lokhu kuyinani elingaphezulu kwezinhlangano ezikhulu ngokwanele ukukhombisa: 788 100% 81.8% i-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-IFP ezweni lonke Ukususa ama-program ancane kakhulu olwazisa ahamba nezinga 0.1 amaphuzu
Umsuka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · isithombe · isithombe esifanayo sohlelo ngalunye esikwazi ukushicilela
Izinto ezikuvumela ukuthi ukwenze
Imali ihlobene nemisebenzi, hhayi negunya. Lawa msebenzi akusho ukuthi ufanele usebenze.
| Imisebenzi | Ingabe kudingeka? | I-median | Abasebenza |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | Legally required to hold the job | $35,790 | 305,710 |
Imali ephakathi nemisebenzi: I-BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Ingabe ikhokhela ngokwayo?
Imisebenzi enjalo ivula i-akhawunti ayikhokhi ngaphezulu kunemisebenzi ejwayelekile yase-US uma umsebenzi wonke ulinganiselwa ngokuya ngokuthi abantu bangaki abakhona. Akukho inzuzo ekhokhelwa, ngakho-ke akukho lutho oluzobuyiselwa kusuka ku-akhawunti. Lokhu akuyenzanga i-akhawunti ibe yi-akhawunti engekho lutho - ingadingeka ngokwemthetho, noma indlela yokungena emisebenzini oyifunayo - kodwa kusho ukuthi akuyona inkokhelo ebuyisela imali.
Odingayo ngaphambi kokuqala
- A place at a state-approved cosmetology school
- The state training-hour requirement, which varies widely
Ungayenzi lokhu uma
- 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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