NJ Spends Least On Hair Care In Nation, New Study Finds

According to a recent study, some Northeast states are more affected financially than others by the rising cost of haircuts.

A man receiving a haircut.

On Wednesday, August 20, WalletHub published their 2025 list of the States with the Highest and Lowest Hair Care Spending. In all 50 states, the average cost of women’s salon services and men’s barbershop visits was compared to median household incomes on the personal finance website.

According to the report, Pennsylvanians rank 11th in the US for spending roughly 1.42% of their income on hair care. Massachusetts finished in 20th position (1.31%), closely followed by New York at 17th (1.34%).

New Jersey citizens, on the other hand, pay the lowest rates in the country in relation to their income, according to the survey, with haircuts and trims making up only 0.75% of family income. In the Garden State, hair care services typically cost $63.10.

Maryland came in 25th (1.22%), Connecticut in 31st (1.14%), and Virginia in 49th (0.89%), exactly behind New Jersey.

Chip Lupo, an analyst at WalletHub, stated that “in the most expensive states, it can cost around 1.6% of the median household income for a man and a woman to get a trim.” “While that might not seem like an overly high percentage, it’s still a lot when you consider how many other inflated expenses people need to cram into their monthly budgets.”

A $20 haircut in 2005 now costs nearly $35, according to WalletHub, which also reported that haircut prices had increased by roughly 75% over the previous 20 years.

Barbara O’Neill, a renowned professor emerita at Rutgers University, stated that “hair care is a variable expense that can be reduced to free up money to save, reduce debt, and pay expenses that have increased as a result of inflation.”

To conserve expenses, experts advise delaying cuts, looking for discounts, or even going to student salons.

You can view WalletHub’s whole analysis by clicking here.