Overview & Salary
Overview
Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair; trimming beards; or giving shaves.
On the job, you would:
- Clean and sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and other instruments.
- Drape and pin protective cloths around customers' shoulders.
- Cut and trim hair according to clients' instructions or current hairstyles, using clippers, combs, hand-held blow driers, and scissors.
Education
- certificate after high school
- high school diploma/GED
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $26,770
Annual median $36,150
Annual 90th percentile $61,090
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge
Business
- customer service
- management
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Math and Science
- psychology
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Social
- looking for ways to help people
- understanding people's reactions
Personality & Abilities
Personality
Realistic
People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Self Control
- Dependability
- Concern for Others
- Social Orientation
Abilities
Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- hold or move items with your hands
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking