Barber apprenticeships in St. Louis, MO-IL
St. Louis, MO-IL is the 20th-most populous metro in the US. Here is what working as a barber looks like locally.
KEY FACTS — ST. LOUIS, MO-IL
St. Louis: ~4 of 220 (~1.9%) · market pressure 47/100 — Moderate pressure.
Confidence: low. Annual labor earnings (W-2 wages + self-employment), not OEWS hourly-wage extrapolations.
Source: Census ACS 2024 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).
Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance.
Source: BLS OEWS.
Confidence: low. Composite of projected annual openings, projected growth, and current $100K+ earnings rate. Not a direct vacancy count.
Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.
Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.
A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.
Numerator: ACS PUMS $100K+ annual earners.
St. Louis, MO-IL is one of Missouri's largest labor markets for barbers. It is the 20th-largest metro area in the United States by population. This page collects what adults switching into a career as a barber inside the St. Louis metro need first: how local pay compares to the state, what the available labor-market data says about six-figure work, and which statewide programs and licensing rules apply locally.
St. Louis, MO-IL barbers earn a median of $44,780 (BLS OEWS St. Louis MSA, May 2024). For Missouri context, statewide pay runs from $12/hr at entry to $18/hr at the state median and $30/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $37K avg salary. The St. Louis metro is a top-50 U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.
In the St. Louis metro, estimated six-figure barber jobs: ~10 of 220 (~4.5%). Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance. ACS 2024 5-year PUMS estimates ~4 $100K+ annual earners (~1.9% of employed barbers, ACS PUMS WAGP+SEMP). Projections Central long-term pressure score: 47/100 (Moderate, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 719K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: Missouri shows ~20 of 470 (~4.3%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS PUMS, Projections Central, Census ACS.
Statewide barber programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Missouri programs page; none are flagged as metro-exclusive. Metro program and association references are inherited from sourced state pages unless a metro-exclusive entity is explicitly sourced. Treat them as orientation, not a complete local inventory, and verify current intake details with the statewide source or sponsor before relying. Licensing is set at the state level: Missouri rules apply in the St. Louis metro unless a local authority says otherwise. Metro pages use state-level licensing and program context unless a city, county, or sponsor rule is explicitly sourced. Verify current licensing, local add-ons, and sponsor requirements with the official state or local authority before relying. barber apprenticeship sites cluster within a 45-60 minute drive of the St. Louis core; smaller employers may sponsor at the regional level when no in-metro slot is open.
BARBER PAY SNAPSHOT — ST. LOUIS, MO-IL
$44,780 (OEWS MSA-level median)
Source: BLS OEWS MSA cross-industry estimates. Where MSA-level data is suppressed or unpublished we fall back to the state median and label it explicitly.
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