Benchmark report · Updated August 2026

Med spa owner salary & revenue: the 2026 numbers

How much do med spa owners make — and what does the average medical spa actually gross? The sourced benchmarks, a revenue-per-room calculator, and the levers that separate the top quartile from everyone else. Every figure below carries its source.

The benchmarks, sourced

MetricFigureNotesSource
Average med spa annual revenue$1,398,8332023 figure; up more than $90,000 year over yearAmSpa State of the Industry (2024)
Typical net profit margin20–25%single-location, cash-pay clinicsAmSpa State of the Industry (2024)
Average annual profit$280,000–$350,000revenue × margin, per the two rows aboveAmSpa-derived estimate
Estimated owner earnings$300,000–$375,00068% of med spas report a single owner, who typically keeps the profitAmSpa State of the Industry (2024)
US med spa industry size$17B+10,000+ locations nationwideAmSpa industry statistics
RN injector, average base pay$84,708 / yrcosmetic nurse injector average: $78,556Glassdoor (2026)
Nurse injector pay range$65k – $111k25th–75th percentile; top earners to ~$141k — before commission and tipsIndeed / Glassdoor (2026)
Download the benchmark sheet (CSV)Sources: AmSpa State of the Industry (2024) · Glassdoor & Indeed injector pay data (2026). Figures are industry averages, not a promise about any specific clinic.

Model your own numbers: the revenue-per-room calculator

Averages are trivia; your rooms, hours, utilization, and ticket are the actual math. Slide the inputs to your clinic — or the clinic you’re planning — and see monthly revenue, revenue per room, and an owner-profit estimate at your margin.

Monthly revenue
$130,939
Annual revenue
$1,571,270
Revenue / room / month
$43,646
Owner profit / year
$345,679

Estimates from your inputs only — appointments per room = hours × utilization ÷ appointment length; owner profit assumes the single-owner structure most med spas report and your chosen margin. This is a planning tool, not a projection.

What separates the top quartile

The gap between a $700k clinic and a $2M clinic is rarely the treatment menu. In operator data and in our own product research, four levers explain most of it:

  1. Utilization. An empty room earns $0/hour at any price point. Waitlist backfill and no-show recovery are worth more than any promotion.
  2. Average ticket. Injectables, packages, and add-ons move the mean; the calculator above shows how hard this lever pulls.
  3. Rebooking rate. A client who leaves with their next visit booked costs nothing to re-acquire.
  4. Recurring revenue. Memberships and programs smooth the January troughs that sink first-year cash flow.

Planning a clinic from scratch? Start with the med spa business plan template and the how-to-open guides.

Questions, answered

Everything you're wondering.

Industry data puts most single-location owners in the $300,000–$375,000 range per year: AmSpa's 2024 State of the Industry report has average revenue at $1,398,833 with net margins of 20–25%, and 68% of med spas have a single owner who typically keeps the profit. Owners below average revenue, in year one, or carrying heavy equipment debt earn meaningfully less; multi-location operators earn more.
About $1.4M per year for the average location ($1,398,833 in AmSpa's 2024 report — up more than $90,000 year over year), which works out to roughly $117,000 per month. Averages hide the spread: room count, utilization, and average ticket drive most of the difference, which is exactly what the calculator on this page lets you model.
Around $84,700 base for an RN injector on 2026 Glassdoor data, with the middle half of earners between roughly $65k and $111k — before commission, which is where aesthetic pay actually diverges. Injectors on percentage-of-revenue plans in busy clinics routinely out-earn their base by a wide margin, which is why commission structure matters more than the salary line.
Four levers, in rough order: utilization (empty rooms are the silent killer — waitlist backfill and no-show recovery exist to fight this), average ticket (injectables and packages versus one-off facials), rebooking rate (retention is cheaper than acquisition), and recurring revenue (memberships smooth the cash-flow troughs that sink first-year clinics).
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