What should I charge for hair services?
Price cuts, color and styling from your time in the chair, your products, your salon costs and the pay you want.
Cut and style, 60 minutes
$60 suggested
Range $55 to $74, from $6 of supplies, $1,800 a month in costs, 120 billable hours a month, $4,000 a month in pay and 10% profit.
Your price
suggested
Range
- covers your supplies, costs and pay, with no profit.
- keeps that if 1 in 5 of your billable hours goes unbooked.
The formula, with your numbers
Each price is rounded up to the next whole dollar.
What it assumes
- Every billable hour you set gets booked. The top of the range allows for 1 in 5 going unbooked.
- Your monthly costs and pay are shared evenly across those hours.
- Taxes aren't included, so set your pay before tax.
- It comes from your own numbers. It isn't a market price, so compare it with what clients in your area pay.
Your other services
Worked out with the example numbers. Once you work out your price, they use your costs, hours, pay and profit.
| Service | Time | Supplies | Suggested | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut and style | 60 min | $6 | $60 | $55 to $74 |
| Single-process color | 120 min | $25 | $134 | $122 to $161 |
| Blowout | 45 min | $4 | $45 | $41 to $55 |
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Questions, answered.
How do I price color services?
Put the color you mix into supplies, and the full time in your chair into minutes, including processing time when you can't take another client.
Should long or thick hair cost more?
When it takes longer or uses more product, yes. Enter the longer time and the extra supplies to see its price.
Is this what salons near me charge?
No. It's the price your own numbers need, not a market price. Compare it with what clients in your area pay, then decide.