Hair and beauty salons by state, 2026 Q1
The United States has 77,594 hair and beauty salons with employees, 22.8 per 100,000 residents; jobs -0.8% over the year. New Jersey is the densest market at 35.5 per 100,000 and Mississippi the thinnest at 11.3. Every state below links to its own page. Official BLS and Census figures, refreshed each quarter.
Every state, densest first
Density is hair and beauty salons with employees per 100,000 residents. Rows marked n/a are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or have no published population.
| # | State | Per 100k | Locations | Jobs | Jobs YoY | Avg weekly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | 35.5 | 3,374 | 18,837 | -2.3% | $572 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 34.5 | 4,512 | 24,137 | +0.5% | $554 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 33.2 | 2,369 | 12,246 | +0.3% | $715 |
| 4 | Rhode Island | 32.8 | 365 | 1,210 | -4.3% | $613 |
| 5 | Colorado | 31.3 | 1,866 | 7,298 | -2.6% | $780 |
| 6 | New York | 30.7 | 6,094 | 25,170 | -2.7% | $664 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 30.3 | 607 | 2,243 | 0.0% | $644 |
| 8 | Florida | 30.1 | 7,038 | 26,481 | +0.4% | $745 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 28.9 | 407 | 2,126 | -1.6% | $684 |
| 10 | North Dakota | 28.9 | 230 | 974 | +6.2% | $636 |
| 11 | Virginia | 28.7 | 2,525 | 11,459 | -2.4% | $727 |
| 12 | Utah | 28.4 | 994 | 3,997 | +1.1% | $551 |
| 13 | Connecticut | 27.5 | 1,009 | 5,316 | -0.5% | $686 |
| 14 | Delaware | 26.2 | 276 | 1,740 | -2.1% | $671 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 24.7 | 1,475 | 7,622 | -1.4% | $599 |
| 16 | Illinois | 24.2 | 3,076 | 15,977 | -1.7% | $673 |
| 17 | Hawaii | 23.9 | 345 | 1,213 | -3.7% | $728 |
| 18 | Georgia | 23.8 | 2,661 | 10,404 | +2.9% | $696 |
| 19 | California | 21.9 | 8,648 | 30,127 | +0.7% | $737 |
| 20 | Idaho | 21.5 | 430 | 1,676 | -1.6% | $661 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 21.1 | 2,332 | 9,326 | -1.3% | $686 |
| 22 | Ohio | 21.1 | 2,513 | 15,652 | -3.0% | $578 |
| 23 | Maryland | 20.8 | 1,305 | 6,864 | -3.6% | $642 |
| 24 | Iowa | 20.5 | 666 | 3,070 | -1.1% | $661 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 20.4 | 1,183 | 7,143 | -1.1% | $703 |
| 26 | Indiana | 19.8 | 1,373 | 6,890 | +0.2% | $615 |
| 27 | Montana | 19.7 | 224 | 764 | +1.7% | $678 |
| 28 | Maine | 19.6 | 275 | 990 | -4.4% | $763 |
| 29 | Vermont | 19.1 | 124 | 606 | +3.2% | $693 |
| 30 | Washington | 18.9 | 1,504 | 8,227 | +0.8% | $763 |
| 31 | Missouri | 18.7 | 1,167 | 6,026 | -1.9% | $644 |
| 32 | Arizona | 18.6 | 1,411 | 7,330 | -4.2% | $736 |
| 33 | Nevada | 17.9 | 586 | 2,671 | +5.1% | $626 |
| 34 | Texas | 16.9 | 5,294 | 26,815 | -0.4% | $718 |
| 35 | Michigan | 16.8 | 1,705 | 10,683 | +0.9% | $541 |
| 36 | South Carolina | 16.4 | 896 | 4,137 | -0.7% | $696 |
| 37 | Kansas | 16.2 | 482 | 3,065 | -1.2% | $632 |
| 38 | Louisiana | 16.2 | 746 | 2,161 | -4.6% | $621 |
| 39 | Alabama | 15.8 | 814 | 3,425 | +0.9% | $667 |
| 40 | Kentucky | 15.6 | 718 | 2,929 | -0.9% | $650 |
| 41 | Oregon | 15.4 | 658 | 2,747 | -1.7% | $707 |
| 42 | South Dakota | 14.6 | 135 | 759 | -0.9% | $648 |
| 43 | Tennessee | 14.3 | 1,033 | 6,399 | -1.1% | $715 |
| 44 | Arkansas | 14 | 433 | 1,610 | +1.3% | $575 |
| 45 | Alaska | 13.5 | 100 | 469 | +0.6% | $698 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 13.3 | 546 | 2,244 | -3.1% | $572 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 13.1 | 231 | 1,092 | -4.3% | $546 |
| 48 | New Mexico | 12.8 | 273 | 1,227 | -2.9% | $668 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 11.7 | 69 | 219 | -9.1% | $735 |
| 50 | Mississippi | 11.3 | 333 | 1,099 | +0.9% | $631 |
Fastest job growth
North Dakota (+6.2%), Nevada (+5.1%), Vermont (+3.2%), Georgia (+2.9%), Montana (+1.7%). Slowest: Wyoming (-9.1%), Louisiana (-4.6%), Maine (-4.4%).
What counts
Beauty salons: hair styling, cutting and coloring, facials and makeup. Barber shops and nail salons are counted under their own codes. NAICS 812112. BLS counts establishments with payroll, so owner-only businesses are not in these figures.
Other business types
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private sector, NAICS 812112, 2026 Q1; U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 1-year population estimates. All 14 business types ranked by state.