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Barbers pay in Colorado Springs, CO and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Barbers is $71,970 per year in Colorado Springs, CO. It is $37,680 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Colorado Springs, CO is 91.0% above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-5011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 70 wage and salary jobs in Colorado Springs, CO and 470 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.