How many cosmetologists are there in the United States, by state?

Name: Cosmetologists by U.S. state, 2025
Creator: Profession Count
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305,710

cosmetologists employed across 51 states and D.C. in May 2025, summing the state estimates for Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists (SOC 39-5012).

California has the most cosmetologists at 27,080, and Alaska the fewest at 330. The median state has 2,930. Per resident, New Jersey leads with 166.9 cosmetologists per 100,000 people.

Cosmetologists by state, ranked

#	State	Cosmetologists (2025)	Per 100,000 residents	With a published email
1	California	27,080	68.5	229
2	Florida	23,530	109.2	995
3	Texas	22,440	77	419
4	New York	20,740	102.7	109
5	Pennsylvania	19,350	148.8	75
6	New Jersey	15,500	166.9	370
7	Illinois	13,190	102.9	186
8	Ohio	12,890	109.2	1,797
9	Virginia	10,200	118.2	1,454
10	Massachusetts	9,600	136.6	20
11	Michigan	8,970	89	87,090
12	North Carolina	8,490	81.3	189
13	Georgia	7,910	73.8	262
14	Arizona	7,840	109.6	262
15	Washington	6,930	89.9	62
16	Colorado	6,820	118.1	103
17	Wisconsin	6,260	106.2	190
18	Tennessee	6,080	88	238
19	Indiana	5,920	87.2	353
20	Maryland	5,860	94.9	62
21	Missouri	5,430	88.2	67
22	Minnesota	5,320	93.2	40
23	Connecticut	4,090	113.4	8
24	South Carolina	3,570	69.7	152
25	Alabama	3,300	65.7	63
26	Iowa	2,930	91.8	22
27	Utah	2,810	85.9	29
28	Louisiana	2,720	58.4	28
29	Kentucky	2,350	52.2	100
30	Idaho	2,250	122.3	14
31	Kansas	2,190	74.5	24
32	New Hampshire	1,950	141.6	6
33	Nevada	1,940	62.5	87
34	Oklahoma	1,920	48.5	39
35	Nebraska	1,890	96.4	10
36	Oregon	1,860	43.9	26
37	Rhode Island	1,470	134	3
38	Arkansas	1,410	46.8	33
39	Delaware	1,270	128.3	7
40	New Mexico	1,230	58.1	18
41	Mississippi	1,040	35.1	27
42	West Virginia	1,020	56.9	24
43	Maine	970	71.2	6
44	Hawaii	930	63.9	13
45	District of Columbia	870	126.2	6
46	North Dakota	870	111.7	14
47	Montana	690	63.6	17
48	South Dakota	690	77.8	10
49	Vermont	440	68.4	1
50	Wyoming	360	62.4	9
51	Alaska	330	45	10

Per capita

Headcount follows population, so the per-100,000 column is the fairer comparison between states. Top five: New Jersey (166.9), Pennsylvania (148.8), New Hampshire (141.6), Massachusetts (136.6), Rhode Island (134). Bottom five: Mississippi (35.1), Oregon (43.9), Alaska (45), Arkansas (46.8), Oklahoma (48.5).

Published business emails

95,378 cosmetologists nationally have a business email address published on a licence register, a practice website or a professional directory, as counted by Email Lists USA's cosmetologists list on October 1, 2026. That is a count of people who publish a work address, not a measure of the profession's size, and it moves with each rebuild of that list.

State pages

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), via api.bls.gov v2, May 2025 estimates for occupation 39-5012 (Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists), one series per state (for example OEUS060000000000039501201 for California), read October 1, 2026. Per-capita denominators: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census resident population. The U.S. figure on this page is the sum of the published state estimates, not a separately published national total.