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Spa Managers vs Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Spa Managers and Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Spa Managers Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$61,340
$35,250
Employment · BLS OEWS
10,490
295,460
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
50th pct
17th pct

At a glance

Dimension Spa Managers Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
Median pay $61,340 $35,250
Employment 10,490 295,460
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+6.5%) About average (+5.6%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,100 75,800
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 50th pct Low · 17th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 26th pct · 18% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (65.6%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Administration and Management, Speaking, Monitoring, Coordination, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Deductive Reasoning, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Active Listening, Persuasion, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Education and Training, Written Comprehension, Inductive Reasoning, Active Learning, Instructing, Fluency of Ideas, Sales and Marketing, Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies, Complex Problem Solving, Written Expression, Information Ordering, Category Flexibility, Near Vision.

Specific to Spa Managers

  • Administrative
  • English Language
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Systems Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Negotiation
  • Systems Evaluation

Specific to Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Originality
  • Visualization
  • Visual Color Discrimination
  • Selective Attention
  • Writing

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Office suite software , Web page creation and editing software , Spreadsheet software , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software , Point of sale POS software , Video creation and editing software .

Specific to Spa Managers

Specific to Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Spa Managers or Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Spa Managers vs Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/spa-managers-vs-hairdressers-hairstylists-and-cosmetologists

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Singulariki. (2026). Spa Managers vs Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/spa-managers-vs-hairdressers-hairstylists-and-cosmetologists

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  title  = {Spa Managers vs Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists},
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