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Overview
Hairdressers provide hair services by discussing the client’s preferred style, cutting and shaping hair, applying colour or bleaching, styling hair and treating hair or scalp.
In job descriptions, look for scissors, clippers, razors, shampooing, conditioning, rinsing, colour work, permanent waving, client consultation, appointment flow, hygiene and product advice.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Hairdresser work is client-facing and practical. A typical day can include consultation, washing, cutting, colouring, bleaching, styling, scalp or hair treatments, cleaning tools and preparing the next appointment.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes cutting technique, colour work, chemical treatments, styling, hygiene, product knowledge, listening to client preferences and translating a requested look into safe practical steps.
Salary context
Pay depends on appointment volume, service mix, colour or treatment complexity, customer base, salon responsibility, product sales expectations and whether the role includes training or chair rental arrangements.
Career paths
Career paths can move from junior salon work into independent stylist work, colour specialization, bridal or event styling, wig work, salon management, product training or self-employment.
Good to know
Check which services the vacancy actually needs: cutting, colour, bleaching, permanent waving, barbering, treatments or reception flow. Clear adverts state schedule, client type, product line and hygiene routines.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Hairdressing and barber activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include hairdresser assistant, barber and hair stylist.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 3
Barbers
39-5011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETShampooers
39-5093.00
O*NET occupation is more specific
The O*NET occupation covers a more specific field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETHairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
39-5012.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
96.21Hairdressing and barber activities
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Hairdressers (5141)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/099c6bb0-22d3-4c5d-8bf5-70910af381ef |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 5141.1 |
| ISCO group | 5141 |
| Concept type | Occupation |