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Beauty services

Diploma
You study
Hair care, Skin care
Jobs
Hairstylist, Makeup artist
Average for the services field · Age 25–29
Sample too small

For the services field in the Labour Force Survey3.

Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation Hairstylists and barbers: roughly stable (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2026 (Safar – Rabi' al-Awwal 1448 AH); Employment and Social Development Canada, June 2025 · Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 – Muharram 1447 AH)1,2. They are not a forecast for the Saudi market, nor by DataPulse.

What do Beauty services students learn?

Studying hair, skin and appearance care and providing beauty services.

  • Hair care
  • Skin care
  • Makeup
  • Safety and sterilisation

In Arabic: التجميل

What jobs do Beauty services graduates do?

Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:

  • Hairstylist
  • Makeup artist
  • Skin care specialist
  • Salon manager

Salon or beauty-centre work, long standing, sometimes in the evening.

  • Sometimes shifts
  • Moderate physical effort

What do Beauty services graduates earn?

GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Services” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3.

Age 25–29Sample too small
Age 35–44Sample too small

What is unemployment in the services field?

Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)3:

  • 20211442–1443 AH6.0%
  • 20221443–1444 AH5.8%
  • 20231444–1445 AH5.2%
  • 20241445–1446 AH5.2%

For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.

Official decisions and signals

  • The job “Hairstylist” is little affected by AI. May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH) (occupation, not major)4

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References

  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists” (BLS 39-5012), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
  2. Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Hairstylists and barbers” (COPS 63210), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
  3. General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Services”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
  4. International Labour Organization · occupation code 5141, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).