Free calculator
Compare job offers without the spreadsheet. See weekly pay, effective hourly rate, and the risks hiding inside commission structures.
Enter the offer terms. Treat bookings as a realistic average, not best-case.
Enter 0 if commission-only.
Estimated dollar value of health, PTO, etc.
Estimated weekly and monthly pay across every offer you've entered.
We email occasional pay and commission tips for estheticians.
Weekly pay = hourly + service commission + retail commission + tips. We add them up, then roll to monthly and subtract commute costs.
Commission only earns when you're booked. Low projected bookings turn a generous % into a tight paycheck.
If the spa requires you to be there 40 hrs but only books you 25, divide your weekly pay by the full 40 (or more) to see the real rate.
Health insurance, paid time off, education stipends. Estimate the monthly value so you can compare to commission-only offers honestly.
A common mid-market spa offer with retail incentive.
Weekly pay totals around $1,360 (hourly + service + retail + tips). Monthly: roughly $5,900 before taxes. Effective hourly rate is about $34/hr. The calculator flags this offer as risky if there's no benefits package or if bookings drop below 10/week.
Set service prices around time, costs, profit goals, and real margin.
Estimate break-even clients, monthly profit, and solo-suite risk.
Calculate product cost per treatment and how it affects your margin.
Model facial pricing with add-ons and see bundled profit per booked facial.
Esthi hub
If you're comparing a commission offer to going solo, the booth rental hub walks through break-even math, policy templates, and the calculators that compare both paths side-by-side.
Open the booth rental hub →It can be. In a high-volume spa with a built-in client base, a 45–55% service commission can outpace hourly+commission roles. But you absorb every slow week, holiday, and rebuild after maternity leave. Treat it cautiously if you're newer.
Estimate what you'd pay for the same coverage on the marketplace, then subtract the employer contribution. For PTO, multiply your weekly pay by the number of paid weeks off. Add both to the monthly benefits field.
Most US spas pay 30–45% on services. High-end spas with strong booking systems sometimes pay 50%+. Booth-rent roles pay 100% of revenue minus the fixed rent. See the booth rent calculator for that math.
Yes, but be realistic. Many estheticians overestimate retail attach rates. A 10% retail commission on $8 sold per client across 12 weekly clients = about $10/week, small but real.
Hours you're required at the spa but aren't booked and aren't paid. If the spa requires 40 hours but only books you 25, that's 15 hours of unpaid downtime per week. The calculator uses this to compute your true hourly rate.
Yes. Click 'Add offer' to compare up to three side-by-side. Each tab keeps its own inputs while the results panel shows them all together.