Esthetician
Impact: Enhancing personal appearance and well-being
Provides skincare treatments to face and body to enhance an individual's appearance, including electrology and laser hair removal services.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- 20% Team / 80% Solo
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Minimal
- Schedule flexibility
- Flexible
- Remote work
- On-site Only
- Typical work hours
- 35-40 hours/week
- Stress level
- Low
At a glance
- Median salary
- $45,330
- Entry-level
- $27,600
- Senior
- $58,730
- Growth by 2033
- 7% (Much faster than average)
- Demand
- Growing Fast
- Freelance potential
- High
- Salary growth potential
- Moderate to 112% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $5,000 - $15,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Skin Analysis
- Facial Treatments
- Hair Removal
- Chemical Peels
- Infection Control
Soft skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Time Management
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Certificate or Vocational Training
- Licensing
- Yes
- Years to mid-career
- 3-5 years
- Years to senior
- 7-10 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Esthetician
- Senior Esthetician
- Spa Manager
- Spa Owner
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 10% to low risk due to hands-on physical nature and interpersonal interaction
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing Fast
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.8/10
- Meaning
- 3.5/10
- Work-life balance
- 4/10
- Prestige
- 5.5/10
- Social perception
- High