Spa Managers
Business, Management and AdministrationO*NET 11-9179.02United States
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of a spa facility. Coordinate programs, schedule and direct staff, and oversee financial activities.
- Median annual earnings
- $38,040
- Projected change
- +20.8%
- Typical education
- Certificate
- Employment
- 39.93K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
33.7% of the workforce
Growing to 48.25K by 2035
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The work
What spa managers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Respond to customer inquiries or complaints.
- Schedule guest appointments.
- Maintain client databases.
- Coordinate facility schedules to maximize usage and efficiency.
- Perform accounting duties, such as recording daily cash flow, preparing bank deposits, or generating financial statements.
- Monitor operations to ensure compliance with applicable health, safety, or hygiene standards.
- Plan or direct spa services and programs.
- Develop or implement marketing strategies.
- Assess employee performance and suggest ways to improve work.
- Recruit, interview, or hire employees.
- Sell products, services, or memberships.
- Inform staff of job responsibilities, performance expectations, client service standards, or corporate policies and guidelines.
- Establish spa budgets and financial goals.
- Inventory products and order new supplies.
- Train staff in the use or sale of products, programs, or activities.
- Participate in continuing education classes to maintain current knowledge of industry.
- Direct facility maintenance or repair.
- Schedule staff or supervise scheduling.
- Verify staff credentials, such as educational and certification requirements.
- Check spa equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Develop staff service or retail goals and guide staff in goal achievement.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $17,057
- 25th percentile
- $25,177
- 50th percentile
- $38,040
- 75th percentile
- $60,925
- 90th percentile
- $113,497
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $38,040 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+20.8%much faster than average
202539,934 jobs
2035 projected48,254 jobs
8,320 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Certificate
- 33.7%
- Associate degree
- 25.3%
- Bachelor's degree
- 20.5%
- Some college
- 13.8%
- High school diploma or less
- 6.2%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 0.4%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Management of Financial Resources
- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Salon Managers2,929 postings
- 02Assistant Salon Managers990 postings
- 03Spa Managers869 postings
- 04Salon Coordinators528 postings
- 05Salon Leaders307 postings
- 06Spa Supervisors279 postings
- 07Spa Coordinators254 postings
- 08Licensed Cosmetologists218 postings
- 09Fresh Assistant Managers179 postings
- 10Spa Directors135 postings
- 11Managers-in-Training133 postings
- 12Hair Salon Managers131 postings
- 13Area Managers110 postings
- 14Spa Sales Managers94 postings
- 15District Leaders82 postings
- 16Managers81 postings
- 17Spa Operations Managers80 postings
- 18Salon Coordinators/Receptionists78 postings
- 19Spa Assistant Managers62 postings
- 20Salon Assistants61 postings
Top employers
- 01Regis Corporation1,059 postings
- 02Sport Clips960 postings
- 03Great Clips886 postings
- 04SmartStyle537 postings
- 05Ratner Companies489 postings
- 06Supercuts464 postings
- 07JCPenney184 postings
- 08Costcutters150 postings
- 09SmartStyle Hair Salon117 postings
- 10Massage Envy114 postings
- 11Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa90 postings
- 12European Wax Center82 postings
- 13Marriott International79 postings
- 14Hilton59 postings
- 15Yellowhammer Salon Group55 postings
- 16Belk42 postings
- 17Arch Amenities Group40 postings
- 18Salon PS California40 postings
- 19Equinox39 postings
- 20Hand & Stone38 postings
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