Hair and beauty salons in Wyoming: 69 locations, -9.1% jobs
Official counts for hair and beauty salons in Wyoming, 2026 Q1: how many there are, whether they are adding jobs, what they pay, and how Wyoming compares with the other states. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau, refreshed each quarter.
Wyoming against the country · 2026 Q1
| Wyoming | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Hair and beauty salons with employees | 69 | 77,594 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 11.7 | 22.8 |
| Jobs | 219 | 357,931 |
| Jobs, year over year | -9.1% | -0.8% |
| Locations, year over year | -1.4% | +0.6% |
| Average weekly wage | $735 | $670 |
| Rank among states, density | 49 of 50 | |
| Rank among states, job growth | 50 of 50 |
What the numbers say
Wyoming has 69 hair and beauty salons with payroll, employing 219 people. At 11.7 per 100,000 residents the market is thinner than the country as a whole, number 49 among the 50 states with published data. Jobs fell 9.1% over the year, against -0.8% nationally. Locations grew faster than jobs, which usually means more and smaller operators entering: the kind of market where the cheapest service gets crowded first.
Average pay at hair and beauty salons in Wyoming is $735 a week, 10% 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 Wyoming moved -20.0%, from 90 to 72.
Hair and beauty salons in Wyoming, annual average
- 202190
- 202285
- 202380
- 202476
- 202572
Jobs at hair and beauty salons in Wyoming
- 2021301
- 2022291
- 2023274
- 2024245
- 2025237
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 Wyoming
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 Wyoming, 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 Wyoming?
BLS counted 69 hair and beauty salons with employees in Wyoming in 2026 Q1, employing 219 people. Owner-only businesses with no payroll are not in that count. That is 11.7 per 100,000 residents, against 22.8 nationally.
Are hair and beauty salons growing in Wyoming?
Not at the moment. Jobs at hair and beauty salons in Wyoming changed -9.1% over the year to 2026 Q1, and the number of locations changed -1.4%. That ranks Wyoming 50 of 50 states for job growth in this business type. Over five years the location count moved -20.0%.
Is Wyoming a crowded market for hair and beauty salons?
Wyoming has 11.7 hair and beauty salons per 100,000 residents, thinner than the country as a whole, ranking 49 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 Wyoming
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 Wyoming · Growth ranking for Wyoming · Hair and beauty salons by state