In which county in California does a barber make the most money?

Hi Erick,

Salary by State:

According to the BLS, the state with the highest employment level in May 2012 was Texas. The hourly mean wage for barbers there was $13.44, and for annual mean salaries it was $27,960. New York and California also had high employment levels, with mean salaries of $21,890 and $24,720, respectively.

The District of Columbia was the top-paying state in May 2012. Barbers there earned hourly mean wages of $21.41 and annual wages of $44,530. Other states with high annual mean wages included Minnesota ($40,770), Colorado ($39,520), Alaska ($36,610) and Illinois ($35,340).

Some states with below average mean wages at that time included Wisconsin, New York, California, Florida and Alabama. The lowest mean salaries ranged between $17,940 and $24,910.

Salary by Experience:

According to December 2013 data from PayScale.com, barbers with 1-4 years of experience made $18,466-$46,067. Reported salaries for those with 5-9 years of experience were $14,530-$35,800, and those with 10-19 years of experience earned $12,255-$50,893.

Barber Salaries in California:

The average salary for barbers in California was $25,397 in 2014 according to the state’s Employment Development Division (EDD). California’s barbers earning in the 75th percentile (top 25% percent) made $28,725 on average, which is nearly 1.5 times more than their colleagues in the 25th percentile (bottom 25%), who earned $19,302 on average.

Much of this difference will be due to the barbers’ level of experience, since experienced barbers tend to be highly skilled and command higher salaries. Top earners represent those with the most experience, so this illustrates how dramatically a barber can improve earnings over the course of their career – and this doesn’t even count barbershop owners and other self-employed barbers who are known to earn much more.

These salary figures are dramatically lower than the actual take home pay of barbers in California. Tips add significantly to their income, and official salary statistics do not take tipping into account.

Barber salaries by city in California:

Los Angeles – $44,000
San Francisco – $55,000
San Diego – $41,000

California Barber Employment Levels and Job Prospects
California has a large number of barbers compared to the rest of the country. In particular, the Los Angeles area had the third highest employment level of any metropolitan area in the country in 2013 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

The EDD expects the number of California-based barbers to increase to even higher levels during the ten-year period ending in 2022 just to keep pace with growing demand. This growth level of 19.6% is 1.5 times higher than the national rate of increase. Barber job growth levels will be even higher in three of California’s counties:

San Joaquin County 1%
San Diego County 6%
Tulare County 0%

This agency estimated the number of California-based barbers working as employs to be 5,100 in 2012. Nearly half of them were located in Los Angeles County. The San Benito and Santa Clara Counties area was home to 730 of these tonsorial artists. However these figured do not include those that own their own shops or that are otherwise self employed.

In: http://learn.org/articles/Whats_the_Average_Salary_of_a_Barber.html
http://www.barber-license.com/california/california-salary/

I wish you all the luck in your journey!!!