5108 Baseline ~  Little Rock, Arkansas 72209
501-562-5673

Institution of Higher Education

  

FACTS

FACTS AND STATEMENTS ABOUT COSMETOLOGY

  •  LICENSED COSMETOLOGIST WORKING FOR A FRANCHISE COMPANY CAN EARN AN OUTSTANDING BASE PAY ALONG WITH INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS, VACATION, HOLIDAYS AND INSURANCE.

  • JOB OPPORTUNITIES WILL GROWN 14% FROM 2006 TO 2016 WITH IS FASTER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR ALL OCCUPATIONS.

  • ABOUT 46% ARE SELF-EMPLOYED, MANY ALSO WORK FLEXIBLE HOURS.

  • THE COSMETOLOGY INDUSTRY EMPLOYES INDIVIDUALS IN EVERY TOWN AND CITY IN THE COUNTRY. NO COMMUNITY EXISTS WITHOUT HAIR SALONS.

  • NEARLY 40% OF THE JOB OPENINGS WERE FILLED BY ENTRY-LEVEL STYLISTS

  • 56% OF SALON OWNERS REPORTED JOB OPENINGS

  • THERE ARE MORE COSMETOLOGISTS THAN THERE ARE LAWYERS IN THE WORLD.

  • FOR EVERY NEW GRADUATE, THERE ARE REPORTEDLY OVER 6 JOBS OPEN AND WAITING.
     

Information obtained from the following sources:
Occupational Outlook Quarterly Charting the Projections 1998-2008

NATIONAL ACCREDITATION COMMISSION FOR COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND SCIENCES
OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK 2007