Salon Service Price Calculator (Hair, Nails, Lashes & Beauty)

How it works

overhead per booked hour = monthly overhead ÷ booked service hours · cost = products + (labour per hour + overhead per hour) × minutes ÷ 60 · price = cost ÷ (1 − margin)

Salon services sell time, so a sound price starts from what each booked hour costs the salon: the stylist's or technician's pay with payroll costs, plus rent, utilities, booking software, insurance and other overhead spread over the hours actually booked — not the hours the doors are open. Add the back-bar products the service uses (colour, gel, lash trays) and a profit margin. Long services such as balayage or a full set of acrylics need their time priced in, which the table by service length shows.

Worked example

A 60-minute service using $6 of product, with labour at $20 an hour and $3,000 a month of overhead over 320 booked hours ($9.38 per hour), costs $6 + $20 + $9.38 = $35.38. With a 20% margin the price is $35.38 ÷ 0.80 = $44.22, rounded up to $45.00, for $8.84 of profit.

Sources: U.S. SBA — Calculate your startup costs · U.S. BLS — Barbers, hairstylists and cosmetologists

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