SALARY · HAIRDRESSERS, HAIRSTYLISTS, AND COSMETOLOGISTS · COLORADO

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists salary in Colorado

If Colorado is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists was $37,690. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$37,690

$18 per hour at the median · That is $1,900 (5.3 percent) above the national median of $35,790 for this occupation.

$51,590Mean annual salary
$25Mean hourly wage
$6,820People employed in this job in Colorado

Salary range

25th: $35,330Median: $37,69075th: $59,710
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$35,330
Median (50th percentile)$37,690
75th percentile$59,710
Mean$51,590

The middle half of workers earned from $35,330 to $59,710 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$31,514 a year
$2,626 a month
Federal tax $2,343 · FICA $2,883 · State tax $950

Caveat: the Colorado worksheet was retrieved via a reproduction, not a direct tax.colorado.gov page, and TABOR refunds are excluded.

The Denver occupational privilege tax is a flat dollar charge and is not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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