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Salon · 14 min

Tips, retail and tax time

A stylist's money comes from three places: the chair, the tips and the product shelf. Each one earns differently, and each one is taxed its own way.

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How much do clients tip?

In a 2025 survey of salon guests across the US, what share said they tip twenty percent or more for a haircut?

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  • Survey: the state of tipping in salons (900 guests and 100 stylists in the US, 2025) · Zenoti (The Check-In), 2025

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  • 40%zenoti.com ·2025 · Worked out from the survey: the guests who said they tip twenty percent or more for a haircut, its three top answers added up. A survey of US salon guests, 2025.
  • 33%zenoti.com ·2025 · Guests who said they tip twenty to twenty-four percent for a haircut, the most common answer, 2025.
  • 72%zenoti.com ·2025 · Stylists in the survey who named cash as the way they'd most like to be tipped, 2025.
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Salon · 14 min

Tips, retail and tax time

A stylist's money comes from three places: the chair, the tips and the product shelf. Each one earns differently, and each one is taxed its own way.

SALONFORRENT
Ticket 01 · The guess

How much do clients tip?

In a 2025 survey of salon guests across the US, what share said they tip twenty percent or more for a haircut?

10%
0%100%
Words to know

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Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

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  • Survey: the state of tipping in salons (900 guests and 100 stylists in the US, 2025) · Zenoti (The Check-In), 2025

Every number

  • 40%zenoti.com ·2025 · Worked out from the survey: the guests who said they tip twenty percent or more for a haircut, its three top answers added up. A survey of US salon guests, 2025.
  • 33%zenoti.com ·2025 · Guests who said they tip twenty to twenty-four percent for a haircut, the most common answer, 2025.
  • 72%zenoti.com ·2025 · Stylists in the survey who named cash as the way they'd most like to be tipped, 2025.
  1. Lessons›
  2. Industries›
  3. Salon
  • ·Before this: Licenses and the shop's paperwork
  • ·Next: Pricing your services
  • ·Free guide: How hair salons make money