What's the going rate for an esty at a med spa?

I'm currently working at a med spa making $12/ hour. No commission on services or product. I feel like I'm under paid and would like to ask for a raise. We have just recently merged with a larger company and have a new manager so now would be the time. I just wanted to get a general idea of what everyone else is making. Thanks so much!

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Permalink Reply by Teresa Escoffery on February 10, 2015 at 11:02am

What other people make is irrelevant.

Decide what your time and talents are worth on an ABSOLUTE basis, not a RELATIVE basis (% is relative, $ per treatment/hours are absolute -- you are ABSOLUTELY valuable, not RELATIVELY Valuable)

Find a job that will pay you that. if YOU and you alone, feel you are being properly (not fairly, properly) compensated, then take the job.

If you can't find such a job, re-assess what you think your time and talents are worth.

What other people are paid has no bearing on what you get paid, unless you are them working their job.

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Permalink Reply by Teresa Escoffery on February 11, 2015 at 7:19am

We charge $1,000 a month rent to our Estheticians and pay them 20% commission on their product sales. Our prices for services run from $100 and up to $475 for the services we offer. If our Estheticians do 2 of the higher priced treatments then their rent is paid, they keep 100% of everything after that.

Have you run this arrangement by a labor attorney?

Someone who rents a room/booth set their own treatment prices and decides what services they offer. If you set prices and set the menu and define the treatments, you have created an employer/employee relationship and are in for a nasty tax situation.

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Permalink Reply by Maya on February 10, 2015 at 8:41pm

honestly I assume you are under paid.I started working in (2012) in a chain of medical spa.I started from $18 an hour with 10% product commission ans 5% on upsale services.I was making good in up sale and produtcs sale.I recently quit and getting prepared for my professional laser license test very soon.

The medi spa has 9 locations and have very good reputaion in laser hair removal locally.I am very confident,highly qualified and well experienced and senior laser licensed and feel that i deserve more.

The best advice i can give take advance classes get trained in all advance medical procedures and equipments and if you are a laser tech get your laser state license go for senior and then professional laser license,

More and more education,training and certification make you valuable and you can negociate what you offered

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Permalink Reply by Samantha on February 12, 2015 at 3:53pm

Thanks for all of that info! I'm in Nebraska and estheticians can't do any laser treatments. What state do you live in? I would love to be able to do them!