Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists Salary — Altoona, Pennsylvania

The average Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists in Altoona, Pennsylvania earns $37,800 a year.

$37,800 / year, mean
↓ 14.8% below national average 7th percentile in Pennsylvania

Altoona is among the lowest-paying cities in Pennsylvania for this specific role. That's noticeably below the national average for hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
270
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.7%
Cost of living 90 #167 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $178,052 #174 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $60,594 #163 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Altoona ranks #167 for cost of living and #174 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $65,920 Spokane $65,150 Bellingham $64,360 Corvallis $62,120 Portland $60,670 Bremerton $60,560 Olympia $58,660 Syracuse $57,880 Trenton $57,850 Yakima $54,800 Los Angeles $54,290 Kennewick $53,290 Bend $52,470 Longview $52,120 New York $51,650 Eugene $50,990 Lansing $50,580 Salem $50,560 Wenatchee $49,860 Blacksburg $49,720 Buffalo $49,700 Medford $49,620 Grand Rapids $49,570 Atlantic City $49,120 Vineland $48,930 Rochester $48,740 Champaign $48,710 Ann Arbor $48,640 Allentown $48,540 Kalamazoo $48,190 Traverse City $48,110 Detroit $47,670 Niles $47,460 San Jose $47,010 Saginaw $46,960 Napa $46,900 Louisville $46,780 Albany $46,750 Salisbury $46,750 Salinas $46,560 Battle Creek $46,440 Kingston $46,310 San Francisco $45,950 Lebanon $45,880 Midland $45,800 Binghamton $45,560 Flint $45,550 Santa Rosa $45,490 Santa Cruz $45,400 Monroe $45,290 Lexington Park $45,130 Stockton $45,000 Yuba City $44,930 San Diego $44,890 Bay City $44,770 Vallejo $44,750 Muskegon $44,410 Baltimore $44,280 Philadelphia $43,990 Reading $43,980 Pittsburgh $43,800 Austin $43,780 Modesto $43,470 Jackson $43,030 Santa Maria $43,020 State College $42,830 Kiryas Joel $42,610 Oxnard $42,580 York $42,530 San Luis Obispo $42,520 Chico $42,320 Utica $42,270 Lancaster $42,250 Scranton $41,990 Sacramento $41,870 Erie $41,720 Redding $41,650 Gettysburg $41,550 Houston $41,310 Hanford $41,110 Fresno $41,080 Riverside $41,030 Visalia $40,930 Johnstown $40,770 Weirton $40,690 Harrisburg $40,640 Dallas $40,050 Bakersfield $39,910 Dover $39,840 Chicago $39,760 Tampa $39,520 Morgantown $39,480 Elizabethtown $39,380 Williamsport $39,280 Kokomo $38,930 Charlottesville $38,880 Wheeling $38,880 Parkersburg $38,840 Kankakee $38,700 Naples $38,660 Bowling Green $38,580 Decatur $38,290 Indianapolis $38,160 Lexington $37,880 Altoona $37,800 Huntington $37,560 Sarasota $37,470 Springfield $37,390 Waco $37,240 San Antonio $37,180 Midland $37,100 Owensboro $36,960 Hagerstown $36,350 Sebring $36,310 Beaumont $36,270 Port St. Lucie $36,230 Lafayette $36,110 Pensacola $35,810 Miami $35,780 Lubbock $35,730 Peoria $35,660 Paducah $35,550 Beckley $35,390 Fort Myers $35,330 Orlando $35,230 Jacksonville $35,210 Fort Wayne $35,200 Michigan City $35,190 South Bend $35,100 Abilene $34,880 Elkhart $34,810 Crestview $34,760 Muncie $34,640 Roanoke $34,610 Wichita Falls $34,520 Corpus Christi $34,450 Evansville $34,390 McAllen $34,290 Palm Bay $34,200 Punta Gorda $34,190 Wildwood $34,170 College Station $34,130 Tallahassee $34,120 Killeen $34,070 Homosassa Springs $34,000 Lakeland $33,990 Harrisonburg $33,800 El Paso $33,600 Amarillo $33,490 Sebastian $33,200 Deltona $33,080 Texarkana $33,030 Columbus $32,950 Bloomington $32,920 Gainesville $32,820 San Angelo $32,280 Terre Haute $32,160 Panama City $31,630 Ocala $31,490 Tyler $30,830 Longview $28,980 Laredo $28,690
CityMean salaryvs. Altoona
Abilene, Texas$34,880-7.7%
Albany, New York$46,750+23.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$48,540+28.4%
Amarillo, Texas$33,490-11.4%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$48,640+28.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$49,120+29.9%
Austin, Texas$43,780+15.8%
Bakersfield, California$39,910+5.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$44,280+17.1%
Battle Creek, Michigan$46,440+22.9%
Bay City, Michigan$44,770+18.4%
Beaumont, Texas$36,270-4.0%
Beckley, West Virginia$35,390-6.4%
Bellingham, Washington$64,360+70.3%
Bend, Oregon$52,470+38.8%
Binghamton, New York$45,560+20.5%
Blacksburg, Virginia$49,720+31.5%
Bloomington, Indiana$32,920-12.9%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$38,580+2.1%
Bremerton, Washington$60,560+60.2%
Buffalo, New York$49,700+31.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$35,330-6.5%
Champaign, Illinois$48,710+28.9%
Charlottesville, Virginia$38,880+2.9%
Chicago, Illinois$39,760+5.2%
Chico, California$42,320+12.0%
College Station, Texas$34,130-9.7%
Columbus, Indiana$32,950-12.8%
Corpus Christi, Texas$34,450-8.9%
Corvallis, Oregon$62,120+64.3%
Crestview, Florida$34,760-8.0%
Dallas, Texas$40,050+6.0%
Decatur, Illinois$38,290+1.3%
Deltona, Florida$33,080-12.5%
Detroit, Michigan$47,670+26.1%
Dover, Delaware$39,840+5.4%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$39,380+4.2%
Elkhart, Indiana$34,810-7.9%
El Paso, Texas$33,600-11.1%
Erie, Pennsylvania$41,720+10.4%
Eugene, Oregon$50,990+34.9%
Evansville, Indiana$34,390-9.0%
Flint, Michigan$45,550+20.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$35,200-6.9%
Fresno, California$41,080+8.7%
Gainesville, Florida$32,820-13.2%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$41,550+9.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$49,570+31.1%
Hagerstown, Maryland$36,350-3.8%
Hanford, California$41,110+8.8%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$40,640+7.5%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$33,800-10.6%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$34,000-10.1%
Houston, Texas$41,310+9.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$37,560-0.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$38,160+1.0%
Jackson, Michigan$43,030+13.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$35,210-6.9%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$40,770+7.9%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$48,190+27.5%
Kankakee, Illinois$38,700+2.4%
Kennewick, Washington$53,290+41.0%
Killeen, Texas$34,070-9.9%
Kingston, New York$46,310+22.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$42,610+12.7%
Kokomo, Indiana$38,930+3.0%
Lafayette, Indiana$36,110-4.5%
Lakeland, Florida$33,990-10.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$42,250+11.8%
Lansing, Michigan$50,580+33.8%
Laredo, Texas$28,690-24.1%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$45,880+21.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$37,880+0.2%
Lexington Park, Maryland$45,130+19.4%
Longview, Texas$28,980-23.3%
Longview, Washington$52,120+37.9%
Los Angeles, California$54,290+43.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$46,780+23.8%
Lubbock, Texas$35,730-5.5%
McAllen, Texas$34,290-9.3%
Medford, Oregon$49,620+31.3%
Miami, Florida$35,780-5.3%
Michigan City, Indiana$35,190-6.9%
Midland, Michigan$45,800+21.2%
Midland, Texas$37,100-1.9%
Modesto, California$43,470+15.0%
Monroe, Michigan$45,290+19.8%
Morgantown, West Virginia$39,480+4.4%
Muncie, Indiana$34,640-8.4%
Muskegon, Michigan$44,410+17.5%
Napa, California$46,900+24.1%
Naples, Florida$38,660+2.3%
New York, New York$51,650+36.6%
Niles, Michigan$47,460+25.6%
Sarasota, Florida$37,470-0.9%
Ocala, Florida$31,490-16.7%
Olympia, Washington$58,660+55.2%
Orlando, Florida$35,230-6.8%
Owensboro, Kentucky$36,960-2.2%
Oxnard, California$42,580+12.6%
Paducah, Kentucky$35,550-6.0%
Palm Bay, Florida$34,200-9.5%
Panama City, Florida$31,630-16.3%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$38,840+2.8%
Pensacola, Florida$35,810-5.3%
Peoria, Illinois$35,660-5.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$43,990+16.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$43,800+15.9%
Portland, Oregon$60,670+60.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$36,230-4.2%
Punta Gorda, Florida$34,190-9.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$43,980+16.3%
Redding, California$41,650+10.2%
Riverside, California$41,030+8.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$34,610-8.4%
Rochester, New York$48,740+28.9%
Sacramento, California$41,870+10.8%
Saginaw, Michigan$46,960+24.2%
Salem, Oregon$50,560+33.8%
Salinas, California$46,560+23.2%
Salisbury, Maryland$46,750+23.7%
San Angelo, Texas$32,280-14.6%
San Antonio, Texas$37,180-1.6%
San Diego, California$44,890+18.8%
San Francisco, California$45,950+21.6%
San Jose, California$47,010+24.4%
San Luis Obispo, California$42,520+12.5%
Santa Cruz, California$45,400+20.1%
Santa Maria, California$43,020+13.8%
Santa Rosa, California$45,490+20.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$41,990+11.1%
Seattle, Washington$65,920+74.4%
Sebastian, Florida$33,200-12.2%
Sebring, Florida$36,310-3.9%
South Bend, Indiana$35,100-7.1%
Spokane, Washington$65,150+72.4%
Springfield, Illinois$37,390-1.1%
State College, Pennsylvania$42,830+13.3%
Stockton, California$45,000+19.0%
Syracuse, New York$57,880+53.1%
Tallahassee, Florida$34,120-9.7%
Tampa, Florida$39,520+4.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$32,160-14.9%
Texarkana, Texas$33,030-12.6%
Traverse City, Michigan$48,110+27.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$57,850+53.0%
Tyler, Texas$30,830-18.4%
Utica, New York$42,270+11.8%
Vallejo, California$44,750+18.4%
Vineland, New Jersey$48,930+29.4%
Visalia, California$40,930+8.3%
Waco, Texas$37,240-1.5%
Weirton, West Virginia$40,690+7.6%
Wenatchee, Washington$49,860+31.9%
Wheeling, West Virginia$38,880+2.9%
Wichita Falls, Texas$34,520-8.7%
Wildwood, Florida$34,170-9.6%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$39,280+3.9%
Yakima, Washington$54,800+45.0%
York, Pennsylvania$42,530+12.5%
Yuba City, California$44,930+18.9%
Gross salary
37,800/yr
Estimated take-home
31,392/yr
Est. total withheld
17.0%

Single filer, federal + Pennsylvania state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 39-5012 SOC code
Official area Altoona, PA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 11020 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
121,854