Miami, Florida
Renting a suite to a nail tech in Miami? Check the rent is worth it.
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These are example numbers. Change each one to your own suite, your own prices and your own client count.
Colour, product, laundry. Not the person's time.
In a month
A month
An hourly wage
$7,776
you keep a month
$3,456 to them
A cut of each sale
$5,400
you keep a month
$5,832 to them
Rent the chair
$900
you keep a month
$10,332 to them
Commission overtakes rent at 1 client a day. Below that the rent is worth more to you, because it arrives whether the chair is busy or not. Above it, a busy chair on commission is worth more.
They do best on rent the chair, at $10,332 a month. You do best on an hourly wage. Where those two differ is the conversation you are about to have.
Run your own numbers anytime. The free back office keeps track of your rent, sales and pay.
Try it freeA service at $90 leaves $78 after materials, and that is what any of the three has to come out of. Rent is the only one that does not move with the day: you book $900 whether the chair is full or empty, and so does the shortfall land on them. Tips are not counted, and neither is tax. Whether renting a chair makes somebody self-employed where you are is a question for your accountant, not for this page.
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The free fix
The free fix, from KANJIN (kanjin.app), a digital stamp card and back office for small shops: Free team pay planner.
Work it out with your own shop's numbers
In the free back office, open Money, then Paying your team. It uses your own average sale, materials and customers a day. It then shows what an hourly wage, commission or suite rent would leave you, side by side. Next to it, the free stamp card brings each client back, because every visit counts toward a free service. Clients join with a phone number. There is no app.
Free plan, no time limit. No card needed.
Short answer
Is it better to rent a nail suite or pay a nail tech commission?
Put in what one client pays, what the polish and tools cost, and how many clients a day. The calculator shows what each way leaves you, and the number of clients where commission starts to pay you more than rent.
Rent is easy. Is it fair?
A fixed monthly rent looks simple. The money arrives whether the suite is busy or empty.
That is also the risk. A quiet month lands on the nail tech who rents, and a tech who is losing money may not stay.
Where commission starts to win
On a quiet day, rent pays you more. On a busy day, a cut of every service can pay you more.
There is a client count where the two cross over. Find it with your own prices before you sign anything.
Renter or employee? It is not only a label
Calling someone a renter does not make them one. The IRS looks at how much you control the work, who controls the money side, and what the relationship looks like.
If you set their hours, prices and methods, they may be an employee. Read the IRS page below, and ask an accountant about your own case.
Keep clients coming back to the suite
A suite is only worth renting if it stays full. A stamp card helps: each visit counts toward the next free service.
Clients join with their phone number, so there is no app to install.
How to compare suite rent with commission
- Find what one service leaves.
Take the price of the service and subtract the polish, gel and supplies that go into it.
- Count the clients on a normal day.
Use a real day, not your best one.
- Work out each way to pay.
Compare the monthly rent with the commission cut on the same clients.
- Read the crossover.
That is the client count where commission starts to leave you more than rent.
The local numbers, with sources
- Florida minimum wage
- $15.00 an hour; the state sets annual updates by a formula starting 1 January 2028
- Source: US Department of Labor, State minimum wage laws, checked 2026-11-13.
- Florida sales tax
- The general state sales tax rate is 6%
- Source: Florida Department of Revenue, Sales and use tax, checked 2026-11-13.
- IRS test for employee or contractor
- Three categories of evidence: behavioral control, financial control, and the type of relationship
- Source: IRS, Independent contractor (self-employed) or employee?, checked 2026-11-13.
Common questions
What is the minimum wage in Florida?
$15.00 an hour, according to the US Department of Labor's state list. That page says the rate is set to update each year by a formula from 1 January 2028.
Is it better to rent a suite or pay commission?
Rent is better for you while the suite is quiet. Commission is better once it is busy. The calculator above shows the number of clients where they cross.
How does the IRS tell a renter from an employee?
It looks at behavioral control, financial control and the type of relationship. If you control how the work is done, the person may be an employee.
Does the free back office cost anything?
No. Paying your team and the stamp card are free to use in KANJIN. Clients join the card with a phone number, with no app.
Do it for your own shop, free
Compare ways of paying your team on one of your own shifts.
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