Economics & margins
Beauty salon operating margin (2024)
US beauty salons with paid employees kept 15.7% of their revenue after operating expenses in 2024: $4.3 billion of $27.5 billion, before income taxes.
Revenue minus total operating expenses (payroll, benefits, rent, products, supplies and all other operating costs), divided by revenue. Census coefficient of variation 2% for revenue and 1.8% for expenses. Owners of unincorporated salons are not on payroll, so their own pay is inside this margin.
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Source
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Annual Integrated Economic Survey: 2024 (US file AIES00BASIC, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113, 812199)
US Census Bureau/2024/gov
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