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Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists pay in Corvallis, OR and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists is $61,880 per year in Corvallis, OR. It is $59,810 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Corvallis, OR is 3.5% above Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-5012 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 120 wage and salary jobs in Corvallis, OR and 4,510 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings