Hairstylist beginners can expect an average starting earning of approximately $ 16,000 per annum. Advancement opportunities are aplenty. Gaining competence and experience, you can choose to work in larger shops, manage a hairstyle shop or teach in a hairdressing school. Self-employment is an attractive option, but only after considerable years of experience and exposure. Eventually you can own a hairstyle salon provided you could fund a start-up capital for the venture. Remember, this is one kind of a job, which earns more clientele through word of mouth. Your work speaks for you!