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Esthetician state board written exam: what to know
Esthetician written exam details include topics, question counts, time limits, passing scores, language options, and retake rules.
Updated October 18, 2026
What should you know?
California’s Esthetician state board written exam includes safety, infection control, and skin analysis.
Practice safety decisions alongside skin services. For each practice answer, explain the procedure you chose.
Who writes it?
For Texas’s Esthetician license, TDLR uses PSI to deliver its state board exams.
What is the format?
California uses a computer, keyboard, and mouse. Questions appear individually, with remaining minutes shown above.
Which topics appear?
Georgia assigns 17% to skin care. Makeup accounts for 3%.
Georgia gives eyelash and eyebrow topics 6%. Hair removal carries 15%.
Practice identifying whether a question concerns skin analysis or a facial treatment. Review waxing and sugaring separately from makeup application.
How many questions?
California has 85 questions: 75 scored and 10 pretest.
Texas has 75 scored questions and 7 unscored questions.
For Michigan’s Esthetician license, the written exam has 75 scored and 10 unscored questions.
How much time?
California allows 90 minutes. Michigan also allows 90 minutes.
Texas allows 105 minutes for scored questions, plus 10 minutes for unscored questions.
What score passes?
Texas requires 70% correct on scored questions. Michigan requires 56 points from 75 possible points.
Georgia requires at least 70% on its written state board exam.
California’s failure notice gives the required correct-answer count and a subject breakdown.
Which languages?
Michigan offers English, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Is there a practical exam?
Texas requires passing the written exam before taking the practical exam.
How do retakes work?
Texas requires a 24-hour wait before scheduling after failure. Each attempt needs a separate fee.
Use your subject results to choose practice questions. Rehearse the safety decisions behind answers you missed.
The numbers on this page are read from each state's own candidate bulletin and were checked on 2026-10-18.
Common questions
- Is the California esthetician written exam on a computer?
- California uses a computer, keyboard, and mouse. Questions appear individually, with remaining minutes shown above.
- What languages are offered for Michigan's esthetician exam?
- Michigan offers English, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
- How do esthetician exam retakes work in Texas?
- Texas requires a 24-hour wait before scheduling after failure. Each attempt needs a separate fee.