Barber apprenticeships in Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY is the 74th-most populous metro in the US. Here is what working as a barber looks like locally.
KEY FACTS — SYRACUSE, NY
Source: Census ACS 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).
Source: BLS OEWS.
Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.
Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.
A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.
Numerator: unavailable.
Syracuse, NY is one of New York's largest labor markets for barbers. It is the 74th-largest metro area in the United States by population. This page collects what adults switching into a career as a barber inside the Syracuse 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.
Pay for barber roles in New York runs from $17/hr at entry to $24/hr at the state median and $41/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $50K avg salary. The Syracuse metro is smaller than the state's largest; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix. Metro-specific OEWS pay bands are not interpolated on this page; figures above are the parent state pay snapshot.
Metro-level six-figure barber counts for the Syracuse metro are not yet published; the estimate is suppressed or pending ingestion. Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 149K (ACS 2022 5-year). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS.
Statewide barber programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the New York 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: New York rules apply in the Syracuse 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. Expect a 60-90 minute drive radius for barber program sites that pull from the Syracuse metro; rural applicants commonly enroll through the nearest larger MSA when local employer-sponsored slots are scarce.
BARBER PAY SNAPSHOT — SYRACUSE, NY
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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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