How to hire a beautician

How to hire a beautician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step beautician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a beautician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new beautician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the beautician you need to hire. Certain beautician roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

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   Hiring the perfect beautician also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents beautician salaries for various positions.

   Type of Beautician	Description	Hourly rate
   Beautician	Barbers, hairdressers, and cosmetologists provide haircutting, hairstyling and a range of beauty services.	$11-26
   Hair Dresser	A hairdresser, also known as a hairstylist or beautician, is a person who specializes in the cutting or styling of hair with the goal of enhancing a person's appearance. As a hairdresser, your duties may range from cutting, washing, and styling to hair coloring and employing hair texturing techniques... Show more	$12-25
   Licensed Cosmetologist	A Licensed Cosmetologist provides various services, such as hairstyling, skincare, nail treatments, and makeup. They are responsible for complying with health and safety standards.	$11-25

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Cosmetology
   • Skin Care
   • Beauty Services
   • Beauty Shop
   • Client Appointments
   • Customer Service
   • Customer Care
   • Nail Care
   • Retail Sales
   • Make-Up
   • Appointment Scheduling
   • Facial Hair
   • Salon Services
   • Hair Extensions

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage beautiful hairstyles with the use of flat irons, curling irons, blow dryers, and other hair products.
   • Perform makeup artist techniques that include wardrobe suggestions for magazine and local newspaper editorials.
   • Make up applications, formal styling's, cut, and color with Redken product's.

   More beautician duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your beautician job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A beautician salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, beauticians' average salary in new mexico is 52% less than in washington.
   • Seniority. Entry-level beauticians earn 56% less than senior-level beauticians.
   • Certifications. A beautician with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a beautician's salary.

   Average beautician salary

   $36,831yearly

   $17.71 hourly rate

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   Entry-level beautician salary

   $24,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 12, 2026

   Average beautician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Minnesota	$44,069	$21
   2	Virginia	$40,194	$19
   3	Massachusetts	$39,554	$19
   4	Nebraska	$39,548	$19
   5	Iowa	$38,802	$19
   6	New York	$38,713	$19
   7	Georgia	$38,438	$18
   8	North Carolina	$37,946	$18
   9	Indiana	$37,851	$18
   10	Ohio	$37,025	$18
   11	Florida	$36,029	$17
   12	Mississippi	$34,294	$16
   13	Texas	$34,143	$16
   14	Kentucky	$31,090	$15

   Average beautician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Massachusetts General Hospital	$64,720	$31.12
   2	PruittHealth	$56,755	$27.29	2
   3	Ciena Healthcare	$55,060	$26.47
   4	Solaris Hospice	$52,806	$25.39
   5	Consulate Health Care	$51,750	$24.88
   6	Continuing Healthcare Solutions	$49,239	$23.67
   7	Aurora Cares LLC	$47,157	$22.67
   8	CarDon & Associates	$43,486	$20.91	1
   9	Miller's Health Systems	$41,344	$19.88	1
   10	Signature Healthcare	$39,040	$18.77	4
   11	Service Corporation International	$37,277	$17.92
   12	Trilogy Health Services	$37,136	$17.85	2
   13	The Center for Health Care Services	$36,806	$17.70
   14	Hamilton Health Care System	$36,563	$17.58
   15	Magnolia Health Systems	$35,705	$17.17
   16	Nspire Network	$35,705	$17.17
   17	Partners Healthcare Solutions Inc	$35,705	$17.17
   18	Choice Home Health Care	$35,705	$17.17
   19	Prestige Brands	$35,644	$17.14
   20	Hearth	$35,166	$16.91

4. Writing a beautician job description

   A job description for a beautician role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a beautician job description:

   Beautician job description example

   Must be licensed.
   
   We are a 106-bed healthcare center offering short-term rehabilitative care as well as long-term care. Our emphasis is on service excellence providing quality care in a homelike environment to allow for independence and to enable our patients and residents to receive the medical care they need, the restorative therapy they require, and the support they and their families deserve. We offer a variety of clinical care programs, along with physical, occupational and speech therapies. Other amenities include WiFi availability, an outdoor courtyard and gazebo, and more. Working with your physician, our staff, including medical specialists, nurses, nutritionists, therapists, dietitians and social workers establish a comprehensive treatment plan intended to restore you or your loved one to the fullest practicable potential.
   
   Signature HealthCARE is a family-based healthcare company that offers integrated services in 10 states across the continuum of care: skilled nursing, rehabilitation, assisted living, memory care, home health, cognitive care, and telemedicine.
   
   A growing number of our centers are earning quality assurance accreditation and pioneering person - directed care. Many of our skilled nursing facilities have achieved a 4 or 5-star overall rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Additionally, we have been awarded as a certified Great Place to Work for three years in a row and Modern Healthcare's "Best Places to Work!"
   
   Job Summary:
   
   Are you looking for a little more creativity, challenge, and growth opportunity in your workday? Didn't think it was possible? Might be time to reconsider.
   
   At Signature HealthCARE, our team members are permitted - no, encouraged - to employ their talents and abilities to solve problems. Our culture is built on three distinct pillars: Learning, Spirituality and Intra-preneurship. But this isn't just hollow corporate sloganeering. Each pillar has its own staff and initiatives, ensuring that our unique culture permeates the entire organization.
   
   Oh, by the way, we're an elder care company. Our mission? To radically change the landscape of long-term care forever.
   
   We're currently hiring for the position of Beautician to join our team.
   
   Job Requirements:
   
   * Beautician License
   
   SignatureHealthcare is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer - Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran and other protected categories.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right beautician for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with beauticians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit beauticians who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your beautician job on Zippia to find and recruit beautician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit beauticians, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new beautician

   Once you have selected a candidate for the beautician position, it is time to create an offer letter. In addition to salary, the offer letter should include details about benefits and perks that are available to the employee. Ensuring your offer is competitive is vital, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and it is important to be open to discussion and reach a mutually beneficial agreement. After the offer has been accepted, it is a good idea to formalize the agreement with a contract.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new beautician first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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