Average Annual Salary of a Cosmetologist. As of 2008 the median salary for a cosmetologist in the United States was $11.13, which includes tips and commission. The lower 10th percentile earned on average $7.47 hourly, while the upper 90th percentile earned a median salary of $20.41 hourly.verage Annual Salary of a Cosmetologist. As of 2008 the median salary for a cosmetologist in the United States was $11.13, which includes tips and commission. The lower 10th percentile earned on average $7.47 hourly, while the upper 90th percentile earned a median salary of $20.41 hourly.
The median is the ((n + 1)/2)th item, where n is the number of values. For example, for the list {1, 2, 5, 7, 8}, we have n = 5, so the median is the ((5 + 1)/2)th item.
A number that is calculated to summarise a group of numbers. The most commonly used average is the mean, the sum of the numbers divided by however many numbers there are in the group. The median is the middle value in a group of numbers ranked in order of size.