Economics & margins
Operating profit per beauty salon location (2022)
The average US beauty salon location with paid employees took in about $307,800 in 2022 and kept about $52,600 after operating expenses, before income taxes.
Economic Census revenue across 83,392 locations, times the 17.1% operating margin from the Service Annual Survey for the same year. At unincorporated salons, the owner's own pay is inside this amount.
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Sources
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2022 Economic Census: Other Services, basic statistics for the US (EC2281BASIC)
US Census Bureau/2022/gov
Service Annual Survey: 2022 release, Tables 2 and 3 (revenue and expenses of employer firms, 2013 through 2022)
US Census Bureau/2022/gov
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