Skincare Specialists
Provide skincare treatments to face and body to enhance an individual's appearance. Includes electrologists and laser hair removal specialists.
Most important skills
- Speaking
- Service Orientation
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Active Learning
Key knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- Sales and Marketing
- Administration and Management
- Education and Training
- English Language
- Administrative
- Communications and Media
- Therapy and Counseling
What the work involves
- Sterilize equipment and clean work areas.
- Keep records of client needs and preferences and the services provided.
- Demonstrate how to clean and care for skin properly and recommend skin-care regimens.
- Examine clients' skin, using magnifying lamps or visors when necessary, to evaluate skin condition and appearance.
- Select and apply cosmetic products, such as creams, lotions, and tonics.
- Cleanse clients' skin with water, creams, or lotions.
- Treat the facial skin to maintain and improve its appearance, using specialized techniques and products, such as peels and masks.
- Refer clients to medical personnel for treatment of serious skin problems.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Social, Conventional.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (39.2% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Up to and including 1 month (19.6%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months (46.1%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Skincare Specialists is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very high | Higher on contact with others than 98% of occupations compared | 99% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very high | Higher on dealing with the public than 92% of occupations compared | — |
| Teamwork | Low | Lower on teamwork than 76% of occupations compared | 48% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 69% of occupations compared | 47% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very low | Lower on time pressure than 98% of occupations compared | 43% of surveyed respondents chose “Never” |
| Conflict situations | Low | Lower on conflict situations than 76% of occupations compared | 59% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 72% of occupations compared | 59% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Low | Lower on consequence of error than 74% of occupations compared | 53% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very low
- Conflict situations: low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 0.67%
- Constant contact with others: 99.33%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2025
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 12.68%
- Very important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Extremely important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2025
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Important: 23.24%
- Very important: 10.85%
- Extremely important: 48.49%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2025
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 13.5%
- Some freedom: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- A lot of freedom: 47.1%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2025
Time pressure
- Never: 42.89%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 12.68%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 15.58%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 0%
- Every day: 28.85%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2025
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 59.41%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 35.87%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 4.73%
- Every day: 0%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2025
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 58.66%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 41.34%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 0%
- Every day: 0%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2025
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 13.83%
- Fairly serious: 52.59%
- Serious: 16.8%
- Very serious: 4.77%
- Extremely serious: 12.01%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2025
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