Hairdressers, Beauticians and Related Workers

How to become a Beautician

Also called: Cosmetologist, Cosmetologist

Beautician examines customers’ skin and suggests suitable treatments including facial services, scalp treatments and the recommendation of cosmetic products.

Main tasks

Cleaning and applying creams, lotions and related products to face and parts of body
Applying makeup to clients of a beauty parlour or to actors and other performers
Using waxing, sugaring and depilation techniques to remove unwanted bodily hair
Providing advice and selling cosmetics and other beauty products
Arranging appointments and collecting payments

Ways in

Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Beauty & Wellness Management; Technical Diploma in Beauty & Wellness Management. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: $42,000 a year. The middle half earn $29,688 to $58,236 a year.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Beautician?

Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec).

How much does a Beautician earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $42,000 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $29,688 to $58,236.

Will AI change the work of a Beautician?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026