Massage Therapists Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Massage Therapists positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$57,950

National average

Salary Range

$33,280 – $97,450

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Massage Therapists Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Alaska$135,200$56,200$167,550
Vermont$105,490$36,300$124,490
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$96,950$29,120$178,240
Bend, OR$93,160$46,020$117,440
Albany, OR$92,310$49,510$113,770
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$88,390$60,450$124,800
Bellingham, WA$87,980$36,030$101,330
Salem, OR$87,880$60,570$116,330
Chico, CA$84,840$33,280$97,810
Medford, OR$83,510$46,320$94,910
State College, PA$83,200$27,300$125,690
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$83,200$57,600$120,430
Oregon$82,860$45,910$103,150
Washington$82,820$59,160$115,920
Pittsfield, MA$81,720$35,000$107,660
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$81,630$18,570$137,300
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$81,580$45,230$100,420
Eugene-Springfield, OR$81,460$50,130$98,300
Yakima, WA$80,930$59,020$101,300
Hawaii$80,590$35,280$161,410
Raleigh-Cary, NC$80,130$36,680$91,520
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$79,870$74,420$109,840
Kennewick-Richland, WA$78,900$56,980$99,250
Duluth, MN-WI$78,780$31,420$83,970
Corvallis, OR$78,480$37,650$114,400
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$77,990$55,550$101,900
Rochester, MN$77,840$23,710$91,200
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$77,750$30,430$87,360
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$77,340$47,430$83,200
Portland-South Portland, ME$76,060$31,490$122,710
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$76,010$50,550$95,840
Fargo, ND-MN$75,710$51,000$88,460
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$75,650$60,600$119,440
Boulder, CO$75,570$55,040$123,670
Minnesota$75,500$39,990$95,840
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$75,460$27,460$119,420
Coeur d'Alene, ID$75,270$35,350$87,880
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$74,530$46,870$93,810
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$73,540$59,160$97,760
St. Cloud, MN$73,300$42,370$88,480
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$73,300$44,730$91,350
Kingston, NY$72,060$34,800$113,250
Green Bay, WI$71,710$30,270$93,600
Lexington-Fayette, KY$71,650$39,360$89,700
Springfield, MO$71,540$30,480$108,580
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$71,120$43,630$96,520
North Dakota$70,720$33,140$89,390
Wilmington, NC$70,560$20,130$81,740
Boise City, ID$70,470$57,130$75,270
Idaho$70,470$35,040$85,630
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$70,140$33,860$99,780
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$70,030$70,030$89,380
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$69,690$60,130$80,510
Lake Charles, LA$68,470$27,610$87,090
Winston-Salem, NC$68,130$28,110$81,260
Oklahoma City, OK$67,860$43,220$96,780
Maine$67,420$31,490$116,210
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$67,240$33,140$83,520
Saginaw, MI$67,020$44,580$73,100
Grand Junction, CO$67,020$47,930$94,150
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$66,930$23,230$83,200
Missouri$66,870$39,890$98,540
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$66,560$52,000$94,090
Athens-Clarke County, GA$65,150$47,170$75,570
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$64,930$45,800$93,840
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$64,380$18,800$101,070
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$63,880$44,090$95,820
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$63,490$22,180$96,980
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$63,290$33,190$115,190
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$63,240$26,590$72,800
Ames, IA$63,180$43,330$99,320
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$63,180$34,000$97,340
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$62,950$31,200$119,880
New Hampshire$62,830$48,170$96,860
South Carolina$62,830$17,870$98,550
Manchester-Nashua, NH$62,830$56,630$86,210
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$62,810$36,680$93,490
Rochester, NY$62,580$36,480$87,360
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$62,500$33,510$107,860
Iowa$62,400$41,840$91,350
District of Columbia$62,220$54,100$110,290
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$62,130$31,470$132,210
St. George, UT$62,070$20,800$85,200
Cedar Rapids, IA$62,050$43,840$88,390
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$61,960$16,810$93,240
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$61,940$42,280$115,190
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$61,690$15,080$93,110
North Carolina$61,670$30,580$92,400
Greeley, CO$61,670$39,660$94,250
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$61,590$30,000$97,380
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$61,530$48,150$113,310
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$61,480$38,470$103,750
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$61,410$36,240$119,600
Greensboro-High Point, NC$61,380$35,530$82,820
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$61,210$24,920$88,520
Eau Claire, WI$61,020$26,710$94,220
Ogden, UT$61,010$46,720$103,750
Utah$61,010$30,390$103,990
Missoula, MT$60,980$30,420$83,290
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$60,850$31,200$104,000
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$60,790$41,730$107,490
Illinois$60,640$30,000$97,360
St. Louis, MO-IL$60,480$31,040$97,550
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$60,270$31,410$90,740
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$60,260$40,720$78,250
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$60,060$48,040$95,160
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$60,050$41,430$104,400
Columbia, SC$59,980$18,040$95,060
New Haven, CT$59,770$32,640$76,250
Rockford, IL$59,760$45,840$78,340
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$59,660$33,280$102,410
Salinas, CA$59,630$33,660$146,240
Asheville, NC$59,630$32,990$89,360
Colorado$59,560$46,520$100,770
Arizona$59,550$37,650$90,640
Massachusetts$59,470$41,430$104,370
Stockton-Lodi, CA$59,440$33,280$88,390
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$59,290$46,520$100,780
Connecticut$59,270$32,640$89,380
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$59,270$31,410$84,410
Tuscaloosa, AL$59,150$27,290$99,860
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$59,040$32,640$99,430
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$58,930$28,690$126,820
Baton Rouge, LA$58,800$40,590$80,700
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$58,790$34,720$107,860
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$58,780$30,390$73,450
New York$58,730$35,360$104,060
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$58,620$39,210$76,190
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$58,490$29,410$74,220
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$58,480$21,250$96,770
Maryland$58,390$31,200$100,260
Columbus, OH$58,390$39,520$76,410
Tucson, AZ$58,330$31,990$94,090
Appleton, WI$58,310$23,460$90,350
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$58,180$35,120$92,400
York-Hanover, PA$58,170$27,500$82,400
Pittsburgh, PA$58,150$27,500$93,080
Abilene, TX$58,090$32,990$92,150
Worcester, MA$58,070$42,500$73,930
Louisiana$58,010$37,800$80,340
Pueblo, CO$57,940$43,480$87,560
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$57,900$28,650$93,630
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$57,890$22,770$92,300
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$57,730$29,500$96,130
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$57,700$39,090$94,280
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$57,700$33,880$79,460
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$57,660$35,360$98,030
Pennsylvania$57,660$27,820$91,140
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$57,650$38,160$79,580
Springfield, IL$57,570$29,120$72,850
Wisconsin$57,530$23,980$92,220
Fort Wayne, IN$57,450$36,470$74,330
Bismarck, ND$57,340$33,140$89,140
Springfield, MA$57,320$35,510$94,240
Champaign-Urbana, IL$57,300$29,120$72,970
Colorado Springs, CO$57,290$47,360$93,750
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$57,080$17,800$108,580
Virginia$56,850$35,930$120,590
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$56,790$34,160$110,480
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$56,790$18,770$84,520
Lancaster, PA$56,790$24,400$76,650
New Jersey$56,760$41,890$96,650
Georgia$56,740$18,770$83,760
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$56,720$38,090$95,070
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$56,670$39,090$65,780
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$56,660$40,810$100,680
Texas$56,540$29,500$85,160
Savannah, GA$56,460$36,290$79,350
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$56,450$38,710$90,600
Peoria, IL$56,420$29,120$85,120
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$56,360$24,460$89,090
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$56,330$30,760$108,910
Bloomington, IL$56,310$29,120$83,260
Erie, PA$56,140$22,800$79,200
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$55,610$26,520$90,160
Naples-Marco Island, FL$55,370$27,170$91,040
Omaha, NE-IA$55,240$48,440$82,470
Clarksville, TN-KY$55,240$38,270$88,070
Nebraska$55,080$47,920$82,460
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$55,060$29,850$76,430
Killeen-Temple, TX$55,010$33,140$61,580
Kentucky$54,890$36,670$89,700
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$54,720$23,980$93,450
Michigan$54,510$33,910$85,070
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$54,300$27,610$73,960
Tyler, TX$54,140$28,680$65,600
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$54,080$26,870$88,390
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$53,990$28,880$73,960
Bozeman, MT$53,970$29,280$94,240
Traverse City, MI$53,960$44,770$110,010
Delaware$53,920$45,090$108,090
Ann Arbor, MI$53,830$34,700$114,400
Evansville, IN$53,710$40,580$75,050
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$53,530$42,620$77,340
Glens Falls, NY$53,480$38,990$103,000
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$53,370$35,360$82,310
Barnstable Town, MA$53,060$36,800$120,090
Richmond, VA$53,030$35,380$75,450
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$52,780$32,020$104,660
Indiana$52,740$35,230$79,580
Kansas City, MO-KS$52,450$39,690$98,260
Charlottesville, VA$52,420$31,220$127,050
Cleveland, OH$52,410$36,950$65,150
Vallejo, CA$52,000$35,080$93,290
Montana$52,000$26,590$87,870
Nevada$52,000$24,860$88,760
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$52,000$39,290$74,190
Roanoke, VA$51,870$33,700$108,990
Flint, MI$51,770$30,950$79,250
Dubuque, IA$51,720$47,330$88,220
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$51,500$34,490$79,280
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$51,100$27,230$83,720
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$51,080$25,340$76,560
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$51,040$39,380$75,870
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$50,960$21,720$80,650
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$50,880$24,160$82,320
Chattanooga, TN-GA$50,820$36,240$72,800
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$50,740$26,230$73,220
Fayetteville, NC$50,630$34,790$80,140
Lynchburg, VA$50,450$29,320$70,460
Ohio$50,430$35,610$65,820
Lincoln, NE$50,390$45,990$77,870
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$50,360$36,800$64,270
Longview, TX$50,330$27,710$70,600
Billings, MT$50,130$24,960$83,770
Gainesville, GA$50,080$50,080$102,290
Jacksonville, FL$50,060$27,390$73,130
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$50,000$28,600$70,460
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$49,920$23,330$79,550
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$49,910$35,280$117,430
Florida$49,880$26,760$74,490
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$49,840$17,490$133,250
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$49,820$33,280$100,910
Tennessee$49,670$35,480$61,150
College Station-Bryan, TX$49,590$26,230$61,500
Corpus Christi, TX$49,530$24,660$61,210
Gainesville, FL$49,520$26,500$76,820
Ocala, FL$49,460$29,680$72,060
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$49,400$32,640$79,550
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$49,360$31,880$85,430
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$49,340$27,180$75,190
Toledo, OH$49,200$33,920$63,920
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$49,160$26,580$75,260
Lubbock, TX$49,070$29,740$57,670
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$49,040$26,290$76,990
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$49,030$33,280$96,670
Alabama$48,960$24,930$89,750
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$48,940$24,960$62,930
Punta Gorda, FL$48,930$27,150$75,720
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$48,930$36,840$75,200
Knoxville, TN$48,930$17,410$59,060
Port St. Lucie, FL$48,900$25,130$79,060
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$48,820$33,310$102,660
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$48,820$23,330$73,520
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$48,740$32,640$84,310
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$48,700$19,310$84,820
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$48,680$35,720$95,020
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$48,670$36,460$81,120
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$48,630$27,080$77,340
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$48,580$26,620$70,320
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$48,530$28,570$70,260
California$48,430$34,000$101,390
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$48,410$30,720$73,450
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$48,350$26,680$58,240
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$48,320$28,660$75,140
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$48,260$31,200$86,920
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$48,230$33,780$90,210
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$48,160$29,190$92,950
Tulsa, OK$48,140$43,430$97,640
Oklahoma$48,140$43,430$97,640
Kansas$47,940$30,770$68,060
Lawrence, KS$47,940$29,090$64,030
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$47,710$45,400$129,370
Reno, NV$47,690$21,320$62,400
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$47,670$38,480$107,120
New Mexico$47,660$29,590$89,120
Albuquerque, NM$47,660$35,390$89,120
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$47,570$33,280$98,460
Topeka, KS$47,390$31,060$64,230
Akron, OH$47,350$34,080$62,410
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,290$30,580$58,940
Columbus, GA-AL$47,040$24,950$70,910
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$47,040$22,640$97,030
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$46,990$34,930$136,240
Redding, CA$46,910$33,280$83,600
Montgomery, AL$46,810$22,510$78,980
Morgantown, WV$45,880$27,970$67,420
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$45,630$22,590$70,080
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,620$31,200$60,830
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$45,600$24,960$73,730
Jackson, MS$45,580$27,940$54,310
Manhattan, KS$45,310$27,730$61,950
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$45,310$29,120$77,390
Johnson City, TN$45,250$29,830$77,510
Fresno, CA$45,240$33,280$82,320
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,030$31,200$60,930
Madison, WI$45,000$28,230$82,760
Youngstown-Warren, OH$44,980$29,320$76,010
Mobile, AL$44,350$25,220$80,490
El Paso, TX$44,100$26,980$61,720
Canton-Massillon, OH$43,320$28,970$72,220
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$43,110$34,420$106,760
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$43,000$29,120$83,770
West Virginia$42,730$23,270$71,740
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$42,730$21,910$71,740
Mississippi$42,510$26,080$123,060
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$42,150$31,200$76,880
Syracuse, NY$41,890$33,140$81,930
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$41,890$15,080$62,480
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$41,600$33,780$90,220
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$40,830$32,570$95,460
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$40,780$35,310$54,430
South Dakota$40,780$35,310$57,650
Bloomington, IN$40,080$31,500$63,010
Rapid City, SD$39,750$34,420$58,410
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$39,450$22,460$62,570
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$39,070$33,280$100,040
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$39,030$21,910$87,360
Charleston, WV$38,910$27,720$65,150
Winchester, VA-WV$38,490$25,220$59,890
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$38,420$16,400$48,600
Napa, CA$38,170$33,670$95,210
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$38,120$35,250$70,900
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$35,350$33,730$97,780
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$34,250$17,800$113,890
Santa Fe, NM$33,630$24,960$64,800
Wyoming$32,430$18,020$74,350
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$31,660$24,270$47,050
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$31,340$16,760$86,870
Arkansas$31,280$23,040$63,430
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$31,030$18,020$58,240
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$30,020$23,210$49,400
Guam$23,060$20,930$36,030
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,410$20,760$53,010
Puerto Rico$22,410$20,760$30,030
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$21,770$18,820$73,300

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The median annual salary for a Massage Therapists is $57,950, with a typical range of $33,280 – $97,450 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Massage Therapists positions typically start around $33,280 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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