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There are researches in various fields of occupation between job stress and the chronic fatigue but just a handful researches on the hairdressers. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between job stress and chronic fatigue among hairdressers. The study performed the survey on 174 hairdressers in Busan from June to July 2013 with a structured self-administered questionnare. The obtained data were analyzed with Student's t-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis by using SPSS program (version 12.0). Mean job stress level and the fatigue level of the hairdressers were 2.27±0.27 and 4.45±1.02, respectively. Comparing the fatigue level according to the general characteristics, the group with less than 1.5 million KRW of monthly average salaries showed the highest level of 4.70±0.96. In addition, comparison of job-related features showed that the fatigue level of the hairdressers with less than 10 years of career is 4.58±1.02 and significantly higher than the other over 10 years of career and the staff showed the highest fatigue level of 4.75±0.98 (p<0.05). The job satisfaction showed the highest fatigue level of 4.98±0.87 without satisfaction (p<0.05). The factors related to the chronic fatigue of the hairdressers were the career with less than 10 years, less than 10 hours of working time and high job stress. The job stress of the hairdressers shall decrease to prevent the chronic fatigue of the hairdressers and it is judged that the autonomy in their works shall be sufficiently provided for the hairdressers to fully exert their capabilities.