Hair and beauty salons in Washington: 1,504 locations, +0.8% jobs
Official counts for hair and beauty salons in Washington, 2026 Q1: how many there are, whether they are adding jobs, what they pay, and how Washington compares with the other states. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau, refreshed each quarter.
Washington against the country · 2026 Q1
| Washington | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Hair and beauty salons with employees | 1,504 | 77,594 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 18.9 | 22.8 |
| Jobs | 8,227 | 357,931 |
| Jobs, year over year | +0.8% | -0.8% |
| Locations, year over year | -2.4% | +0.6% |
| Average weekly wage | $763 | $670 |
| Rank among states, density | 30 of 50 | |
| Rank among states, job growth | 11 of 50 |
What the numbers say
Washington has 1,504 hair and beauty salons with payroll, employing 8,227 people. At 18.9 per 100,000 residents the market is close to the national average, number 30 among the 50 states with published data. Jobs grew +0.8% over the year, ahead of the national -0.8%. Jobs grew faster than locations, which means existing operators are hiring: demand is being absorbed by the businesses already open.
Average pay at hair and beauty salons in Washington is $763 a week, 14% above the national figure of $670. Budget labor from this number, not from a national guide.
Over five years, from 2021 to 2025, the number of hair and beauty salons in Washington moved -3.2%, from 1,576 to 1,525.
Hair and beauty salons in Washington, annual average
- 20211,576
- 20221,578
- 20231,503
- 20241,536
- 20251,525
Jobs at hair and beauty salons in Washington
- 20217,972
- 20228,415
- 20238,516
- 20248,419
- 20258,178
What counts as "hair and beauty salons" here
Beauty salons: hair styling, cutting and coloring, facials and makeup. Barber shops and nail salons are counted under their own codes. The code is NAICS 812112. BLS counts establishments that report payroll, so a one-person business with no employees is not in these figures; in trades with many solo operators the true number of businesses is higher.
Before you open one in Washington
A statewide figure tells you which way the wind blows. It does not tell you whether the corner you are looking at has the households, the income and the gap in competition to support one more. A counts the hair and beauty salons within reach of one address in Washington, reads the county trend from the same BLS table, and scores the plan. The saturation check does a city-level version for free.
Questions people ask
How many hair and beauty salons are there in Washington?
BLS counted 1,504 hair and beauty salons with employees in Washington in 2026 Q1, employing 8,227 people. Owner-only businesses with no payroll are not in that count. That is 18.9 per 100,000 residents, against 22.8 nationally.
Are hair and beauty salons growing in Washington?
Yes. Jobs at hair and beauty salons in Washington changed +0.8% over the year to 2026 Q1, and the number of locations changed -2.4%. That ranks Washington 11 of 50 states for job growth in this business type. Over five years the location count moved -3.2%.
Is Washington a crowded market for hair and beauty salons?
Washington has 18.9 hair and beauty salons per 100,000 residents, close to the national average, ranking 30 of 50 states. Density is a statewide average; a Neur report counts the competitors around one address.
Hair and beauty salons in every state
Densest first. The number is hair and beauty salons per 100,000 residents in 2026 Q1.
Other business types in Washington
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private sector, NAICS 812112, 2026 Q1 (quarterly) and annual averages (five-year series); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year population estimates. This page is generated from those feeds and rewritten when a new quarter publishes. All 14 business types in Washington · Growth ranking for Washington · Hair and beauty salons by state