NY — BINGHAMTON, NY

Cosmetologist apprenticeships in Binghamton, NY

Binghamton, NY is a smaller U.S. metro. Here is what working as a cosmetologist looks like locally.

Updated April 24, 2026

KEY FACTS — BINGHAMTON, NY

Binghamton: ~7 of 220 (~3.1%) · market pressure 23/100 — Low pressure.

Cosmetologist earning $100K+ annually in Binghamton
~7 of 220 (~3.1%) ±2

Confidence: medium. 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).

OEWS six-figure baseline (cosmetologist)
Insufficient data

Source: BLS OEWS.

Market pressure score (cosmetologist, Binghamton)
23/100 — Low pressure

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.

Bachelor’s+ in the Binghamton labor force
48K

Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.

Competitive ratio ($100K+ earners / bachelor’s+)
1.4 per 10k

A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.

Numerator: ACS PUMS $100K+ annual earners.

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Binghamton, NY is one of New York's labor markets for cosmetologists. This page collects what adults switching into a career as a cosmetologist inside the Binghamton 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.

Binghamton, NY cosmetologists earn a median of $31,200 (BLS OEWS Binghamton MSA, May 2024). For New York context, statewide pay runs from $17/hr at entry to $23/hr at the state median and $45/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $48K avg salary. The Binghamton metro is a smaller U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.

Metro-level six-figure cosmetologist counts for the Binghamton metro are not yet published; the estimate is suppressed or pending ingestion. ACS 2024 5-year PUMS estimates ~7 $100K+ annual earners (~3.1% of employed cosmetologists, ACS PUMS WAGP+SEMP). Projections Central long-term pressure score: 23/100 (Low, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 48K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: New York shows ~91 of 20K (~0.4%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS PUMS, Projections Central, Census ACS.

Statewide cosmetologist 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 Binghamton 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. Smaller MSAs like the Binghamton metro often source cosmetologist apprentices from a 60-mile radius into the nearest larger urban center; check with the state programs page for the closest active intake.

COSMETOLOGIST PAY SNAPSHOT — BINGHAMTON, NY

$31,200 (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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