Occupations/11-9179.02

Spa Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of a spa facility. Coordinate programs, schedule and direct staff, and oversee financial activities.

Certificate or two-year

Usually a certificate, vocational program, or associate degree — not a bachelor’s.

AI automation risk

59%

Mixed exposure

Human characteristics

60%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

50%

Mixed exposure

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Maintain client databases.

  • Mostly routine

    Monitor operations to ensure compliance with applicable health, safety, or hygiene standards.

  • Mostly routine

    Schedule guest appointments.

Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Respond to customer inquiries or complaints.
  2. 02Schedule guest appointments.
  3. 03Maintain client databases.
  4. 04Coordinate facility schedules to maximize usage and efficiency.
  5. 05Perform accounting duties, such as recording daily cash flow, preparing bank deposits, or generating financial statements.
  6. 06Monitor operations to ensure compliance with applicable health, safety, or hygiene standards.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.36
  • Degree of automation2.06
  • Time sitting3.47
  • Originality (ability)3.12
  • Conflict situations3.14
  • Hands-on objects/tools2.38
  • Outdoors / weather1.07
  • Disease exposure1.45
  • Decision freedom4.33

Top abilities

  • Problem Sensitivity4.00
  • Oral Expression4.00
  • Oral Comprehension4.00
  • Speech Recognition3.88
  • Speech Clarity3.88
  • Deductive Reasoning3.88
  • Written Comprehension3.62
  • Inductive Reasoning3.62

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.38
  • Active Listening3.75
  • Writing3.12
  • Speaking4.00
  • Mathematics2.75
  • Science1.12
  • Critical Thinking3.88
  • Active Learning3.50
  • Learning Strategies3.38
  • Monitoring4.00

CIP matches

12.0412Salon/Beauty Salon Management/Manager52.0101Business/Commerce, General52.0201Business Administration and Management, General52.0212Retail Management52.0703Small Business Administration/Management52.0901Hospitality Administration/Management, General52.0903Tourism and Travel Services Management

Schools offering related programs

12 of 89 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$62,4004%96%

1 yr $166,516

2 yr $163,337

Master's · CIP 52.02

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$68,2004%96%

1 yr $166,356

2 yr $170,426

Master's · CIP 52.02

City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College

Chicago, IL · Public

Business/Commerce, General

52.0101

$4,600100%27%

1 yr $163,379

2 yr $163,561

Master's · CIP 52.01

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Public

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$15,20024%87%

1 yr $150,453

2 yr $143,744

Master's · CIP 52.02

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit

Business/Commerce, General

52.0101

$60,80011%91%

1 yr $134,003

2 yr $135,250

Master's · CIP 52.01

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI · Public

Business/Commerce, General

52.0101

$16,10088%82%

1 yr $126,206

2 yr $123,886

Master's · CIP 52.01

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI · Public

Business/Commerce, General

52.0101

$11,20049%89%

1 yr $110,878

2 yr $113,091

Master's · CIP 52.01

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$17,70018%93%

1 yr $87,942

2 yr $83,177

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02

Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA · Public

Business/Commerce, General

52.0101

$9,20067%56%

1 yr $87,604

2 yr $92,358

Master's · CIP 52.01

New York University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Business/Commerce, General

52.0101

$60,40012%88%

1 yr $83,082

2 yr $82,507

Bachelor's · CIP 52.01

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · Public

Business/Commerce, General

52.0101

$11,70031%88%

1 yr $76,638

2 yr $76,460

Bachelor's · CIP 52.01

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · Public

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$9,00017%91%

1 yr $76,041

2 yr $73,823

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02