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.
1 The median of a set of numbers is the number in the middle. 2  For example, in the set of numbers {4,6,25}, the median is 6. 3  However the numbers must be in order for the median to be in the middle. 4  If there are an even number of numbers, then the median is the average of the last 2 middle numbers.