Nail salons by US metro, 2022

The US had 33,802 nail salons with paid staff in 2022, employing 145,402 people at an average of $25,288 a year. 90% have fewer than 10 staff and the average has 4.3 people. New York has the most of the big metros listed here, with 5,028.

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Nail salons in the biggest US metros

Metro	Businesses	Employees	Avg pay	Under 10 staff	Rank of 387
New York	5,028	22,919	$19,014	90%	1st
Los Angeles	2,644	14,456	$18,525	84%	2nd
Philadelphia	1,342	6,120	$19,498	90%	3rd
Boston	878	4,252	$27,895	87%	5th
Chicago	848	2,517	$27,739	96%	6th
Washington	737	3,914	$31,563	85%	9th
Dallas	595	1,925	$31,952	92%	10th
Atlanta	564	1,231	$26,511	97%	12th
Houston	504	1,719	$31,373	93%	14th
Miami	493	1,134	$29,362	98%	15th

Each metro page adds the size mix, a calculator for what your team's admin hours cost at local pay, and the jobs nail salons hand to AI first.

Where these numbers come from

The U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (released 2024), NAICS 812113 (Nail salons). Businesses with paid employees only. More metros are added as each set is checked. Page checked 2026-11-12.

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