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Barbers

SOC 39-5011 · 2024-2034

Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair; trimming beards; or giving shaves.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$39,352per year
Projected openings
6,380
Projected change
+7.1%
Usually needs
Postsecondary non-degree award

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Active Listening
  2. Social Perceptiveness
  3. Speaking
  4. Service Orientation
  5. Judgment and Decision Making
  6. Monitoring

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$36,3222,020
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)Not reported1,250
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)Not reported120
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)Not reported360
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)Not reported80
Napa MSA (Napa County)Not reported50
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)Not reported80
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)Not reported730
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)Not reported150
Redding MSA (Shasta County)Not reported30
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)Not reported800
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)Not reported550
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)Not reported1,180
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)Not reported470
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)Not reported350
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)Not reported80
San Rafael MD (Marin County)Not reported60
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)Not reported60
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)Not reported80
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)Not reported110
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)Not reported60

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$36,809
A quarter earn under
$37,978
Half earn under
$39,352
Three quarters earn under
$45,925
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$71,291

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

OccupationTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$39,63968,190+7.3%
Manicurists and Pedicurists$37,55865,240+10%
Skincare Specialists$39,75223,330+9.9%
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance$144,4382,590+12.5%
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers$45,3726,190-9.6%
Painters, Construction and Maintenance$60,61948,920+5.3%

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