What do you pay for a haircut?

I buy a ~$35 clipper every 20 years or so. 

californiamilleghia said:

Supercuts type place is about $24  here , I usually leave $30

But I have not found a good place to trim my beard , so do it myself  when it gets too long.....

As far as $30 for 20 minutes being too much , well yeah 3x$30 every hour is great money , but what barber has  3 customers an hour all day , everyday ?

a guy called Chuck in my hometown had a one chair shop next to a drive- in movie theater and some car dealerships. In the front window he had a homemade sign with about eight trailer tail lights. The lights indicated the number of customers waiting inside. So you could decide to stop in now or come back later.
I don't think I ever saw Chuck spend more than ten minutes on a haircut and the shop was often full. I last visited the shop three decades ago and I am pretty certain he is retired now. But three haircuts per hour is very possible. 

Thread Bump.  My normal place was booked through the holidays and I looked like Marv from Home Alone, so I decided to try the new 'hipster barber starter pack' shop about a mile from work.  I think I'm now a loyal  customer now...

FWIW- Cut was excellent, and the haircut, beard trim, and striaght blade cleanup was $34 +tip.  IMHO, totally reasonable pricing.

In reply to golfduke :

The straight blade cleanup and hot towel are the best part of getting my haircut, and  things my current barber shop does that sets it apart. 

No Time said:

In reply to dean1484 :

I'm not sure I follow your math...

Even if we assume 2 cuts per hour at $30/ea, that $60 per hour. 

$60/hour x 2000 hours = $120,000

Of course that is before taxes, insurance, rent, etc. 

Still not big money, but starting to get more sustainable, especially if you rent out a chair or two. 

You are correct I was using the $30 amount which is 60-70K a year.  My bad. .. . A quick way to figuar out a salery is to take the hourly rate double it and then make it thousands.  I forgot about the X2 as in 2/hour. Me typing before my brain finished calculating.  LOL

Datsun240ZGuy said:

mtn said:

Going to a real barber, meaning not a chain, within 30 minutes of my house I'm looking at $30+ $5 tip.

My guy is $31 plus a tip - usually he does the cut in 20-25 minutes.  Shaving cream razor cut on neck, burns and around ears.  Trims eyebrows - cuts most hair with scissors.  One of the few services I gladly pay for in life.

Every 5-6 weeks or so?  My guy is a car guy and I need to help fund that F/Type Jaguar he drives. 

This. Although when I still went to a salon in Tulsa vs a barber in OKC. It also meant getting hair wash, essentially a nice 5 minute head massage with warm water......excellent after a long day or week.

Right after COVID started, I just started buzzing it. It's getting thin enough up top, no point in trying to deny anymore. I end up looking almost like Renfroe from the movie HEAT. 

I don't. 

I've had long hair since I was 16.

Some of you savages need a shave though.