Does Ulta Beauty pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ulta Beauty employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ulta Beauty. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ulta Beauty?

55% of Ulta Beauty employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ulta Beauty 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ulta Beauty?

Beauty Advisor (3198) , Prestige Beauty Advisor (808) , Lead Cashier (518) , Sales Associate (397) , General Manager (361) , Hair Stylist (328) , Salon Manager (247) , Benefit Arch Expert (200) , Operations Manager (193) , Cashier (191) , Retail Operations Manager (181) , Retail Sales Manager (178) , Prestige Manager (174) , Task Associate (168) , Manager (152)

What are the pros of working at Ulta Beauty according to real employee reviews?

"Another great benefit of working at Ulta is the benefit of 25% off of all items sold at Ulta (including perfume and prestige items)." ((in 528 reviews)); "I have great coworkers and that's pretty much the only thing keeping me here." ((in 510 reviews)); "Not hard to get a hang of and the people you work with are probably great." ((in 483 reviews)); "free product often from Ulta and three times yearly from Clinique (Plus extras once and a while)" ((in 258 reviews)); "Fun work environment and pretty easy" ((in 238 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Ulta Beauty according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and they want you to bother shoppers in the store and try to get them in your chair." ((in 1150 reviews)); "The pay is low and doesn’t really equal to the sheer amount of work that you do." ((in 1062 reviews)); "My associate manager and General Manager would follow and radio us to watch all black guests" ((in 642 reviews)); "Long hours and coworkers were not reliable" ((in 461 reviews)); "No work life balance despite being told to "put our mental health and selves first"" ((in 350 reviews))

What are employees saying about Ulta Beauty layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Ulta Beauty layoffs and their outlook for job security at Ulta Beauty in 2026.

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Ulta Beauty reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(13,945 total reviews)

Kecia Steelman

59% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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Ulta Beauty has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 13,945 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ulta Beauty employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Atacado e varejo industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

14K reviews

4.0

Oct 11, 2011

positive

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

store management team cares about staff easy for hard working staff members to advance into management in store gratis

Cons

difficult to advance beyond the store level

4.0

Sep 28, 2011

Love my job!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company! Fast growing and strong in the stock market! Financially stable and really great people! Fast paced fun environment.

Cons

Not enough advancement opportunities. You have to think really fast on your feet at times because the growth is so expensial at times, corporate cannot keep up. Especially through the holidays.

3.0

Sep 27, 2011

Fast paced

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast pace and growing company.

Cons

Internal promotional salaries are not what they should be.

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