SOC 39-5012 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists make in Amarillo, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists in Amarillo, TX is $27,810. The 10th percentile is $21,650 and the 90th percentile is $51,190. Employment is 150.

Median annual wage

$27,810

10th percentile
$21,650
25th percentile
$23,960
Median
$27,810
75th percentile
$34,650
90th percentile
$51,190
Mean
$33,490

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists, the published 10th percentile is $21,650 and the 90th percentile is $51,190. The difference is $29,540, which is 106.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $23,960 to the 75th at $34,650, covers $10,690.

The mean annual wage is $33,490, which sits above the median of $27,810. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Amarillo, TX median is 22.3% lower than the national median of $35,790 for Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $30,288, which is 15.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.4% lower than the Texas median of $30,680.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amarillo, TX is 91.820, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $27,810 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists at $30,288 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists. Amarillo, TX ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Lubbock, TX is 123 miles away, with a median of $28,630 and employment of 270. That median is 2.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,352, against $30,288 here.

Employment share

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Amarillo, TX (150 of 123,930). Nationally the occupation is 0.20% of employment (305,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.62 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists make in Amarillo, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists in Amarillo, TX is $27,810. The 10th percentile is $21,650 and the 90th percentile is $51,190. Employment is 150.

How does that compare with the national median for Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists?

The local median is 22.3% lower than the national median of $35,790.

What is Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists pay in Amarillo, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amarillo, TX is 91.820, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $27,810 is $30,288. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Amarillo, TX compare with nearby metros for Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists?

Lubbock, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 123 miles away, at $28,630. Amarillo, TX ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.