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Salon Payroll & Commission: A Practical Guide

Payroll is where many salon owners lose their evenings. Understanding the models and automating the math makes it painless.

Common Pay Models

Salons rarely pay everyone the same way. Most use a mix of:

  • Commission by service or stylist
  • Booth or chair rent
  • Hourly wages
  • Hybrid arrangements

Add tips and retail commission, and manual payroll quickly becomes error-prone.

How to Simplify Payroll

The fastest fix is to run payroll on the same system that rings up your sales, so commission and tips are attributed automatically. When payroll is calculated from real transactions, pay is accurate, disputes disappear, and payroll day takes minutes instead of hours.

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