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The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of promptness of job processing, empowerment, and professional requirements of estheticians on their job stress, and subsequently on their physical pressure. To this end, questionnaires were administered with estheticians working in skin care centers. A total of 300 questionnaires were distributed, of which 280 were returned. 271 questionnaires were used in the final analysis, excluding incomplete ones, using SPSS WIN 13.0 and LISREL 8.30 to investigate causal relationships. The findings of the study were as follows. First, promptness of job processing did not have a significant effect on job stress (β=.28, t=1.87, p>.05). Second, empowerment showed a significant effect on job stress (β=.33, t=2.14, p<.05), suggesting that autonomic power can also increase the individual’s sense of responsibility. Third, job stress was heightened as more rigorous requirements were made on job professionalism (β=.44, t=2.26, p<.05), indicating that estheticians’ job stress increases in the process of them actively dealing with the changing environments that require new technology and knowledge acquisition. Lastly, job stress was found to increase physical pressure (β=.51, t=2.96, p<.01). The findings of the study indicate that although promptness of job processing in skin care centers does not lead to estheticians’ job stress, empowerment and professional requirements escalate their job stress. In addition, the significant effect of estheticians’ job stress on their physical pressure implies that estheticians should take care of their job stress.