Labor & staffing
Change in paid jobs at US beauty salons, 2019-2023
Paid employment at US beauty salons with employees fell 12% between 2019 and 2023, from 445,249 to 391,064, even though the number of those salons grew 6%.
Census County Business Patterns (March employment), NAICS 812112. Over the same years nail salon employment grew 30%. Census does not give a reason; the 18% growth in one-person personal care businesses from 2019 to 2024 is consistent with stylists moving from payroll to working for themselves.
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County Business Patterns: 2023 (US file, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113)
US Census Bureau/2023/gov
County Business Patterns: 2019 (US file, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113)
US Census Bureau/2019/gov
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