How Much Does Ulta Pay? Hourly Wages by Role

Ulta Beauty jobs include sales floor roles, cashiers, stockroom and inventory work, and store leadership. Ulta also runs salon services inside many stores, and pay for those positions can be structured differently from retail hourly pay. This page covers the hourly retail side only.

The figures come from Payscale, where employees report their own pay, and from BLS medians shown through O*NET OnLine. The BLS numbers are national medians for each occupation across all employers, not Ulta pay. Ulta does not publish a current hourly range that this page can cite, so expect pay to vary by store, role and state and check the job posting for the rate.

The employee-reported average for Ulta is $17.66/hr. Reported averages across titles run from $12.39/hr to $26.24/hr. The spread comes partly from the mix of titles in the data, which includes leadership and specialist roles alongside the sales floor.

The retail salesperson median across all U.S. employers is $17.03/hr, so Ulta's reported average sits close to the general market for that kind of work.

Retail sales associate is the lowest-paid reported hourly title, and operations manager is the highest.

The sales associate average of $13.83/hr is below the national median for retail salespersons, while the operations manager average of $22.25/hr is below the national median for first-line retail supervisors. Both are small samples, so use them as a rough guide to the ladder rather than as a rate card.

The table shows national medians for common store occupations across all employers. A beauty retail job often overlaps with sales, cashier and stocking duties, so these give a fair outside reference.

State wage levels matter for any store job. The table below shows what cashiers earn across all employers in four states, which is the best local gauge in this data.

A store in California or New York competes in a higher-paying market than one in Texas or Mississippi, and the posted rate usually follows the market.

• The role. Sales, cashier, stockroom, and leadership jobs are paid differently.
• Your location. State minimums and local competition shift rates.
• Experience. Prior beauty or retail experience may help, depending on the position.
• Hours. Part-time and full-time roles can carry different terms, so ask what is guaranteed.

If a posting mentions incentive or commission pay, ask how it is calculated and whether the quoted rate includes it.

The Payscale titles on this page are retail jobs. Salon positions inside Ulta, such as stylists, are a different kind of job with its own licensing and pay structure, and this page does not cover them. If you are applying for a salon role, ask the recruiter how pay is set, whether it includes tips or commission, and what is guaranteed.

An average like $17.66/hr blends new hires with people who have been at the company a long time. It also blends part-time and full-time workers, store jobs and any support roles included in the sample, and different states. Your own offer will be for one position at one store. Use the average to check that an offer is in a sensible range, then rely on the posting and the written offer for the real rate.