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Massage Therapists

SOC 31-9011

Treat soft-tissue pain and tension through hands-on bodywork.

The job
Median pay
$58k
$43k to $78k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+15% projected
Openings a year
20k
BLS projection
Typical education
Postsecondary cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
24/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
29th pct
More exposed than 29% of occupations · modeled estimate · 3rd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
68/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California14,6000.81.3×$46k
Florida9,2800.91.5×$50k
Texas8,6300.61.0×$59k
Illinois4,9500.81.3×$60k
New York4,5000.50.7×$63k
Colorado3,9501.42.2×$61k
Washington3,7401.11.7×$87k
Pennsylvania2,9900.50.8×$58k
New Jersey2,8900.71.1×$50k
Massachusetts2,8300.81.2×$63k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Virginia2,7300.71.1×$62k
Arizona2,5300.81.2×$62k
North Carolina2,4600.50.8×$61k
Michigan2,4100.50.9×$71k
Oregon2,2501.11.8×$87k
South Carolina1,8400.81.3×$58k
Utah1,8401.11.7×$62k
Ohio1,7600.30.5×$56k
Georgia1,7000.30.6×$51k
Minnesota1,6900.60.9×$63k
Nevada1,6201.01.6×$54k
Wisconsin1,5200.50.8×$58k
Missouri1,5000.50.8×$62k
Indiana1,4800.50.7×$56k
Maryland1,3500.50.8×$62k
Hawaii1,3302.13.3×$81k
Tennessee1,2300.40.6×$50k
Louisiana8900.50.7×$36k
Kansas7800.50.8×$50k
Kentucky7800.40.6×$60k
Connecticut7000.40.7×$62k
Alabama6000.30.5×$49k
Alaska5701.82.8×$135k
Iowa5400.30.6×$58k
Oklahoma5200.30.5×$37k
Arkansas4300.30.5×$40k
Maine3700.60.9×$73k
New Mexico3600.40.7×$38k
Rhode Island2900.60.9×$75k
Nebraska2700.30.4×$54k
New Hampshire2700.40.6×$80k
West Virginia2500.40.6×$47k
Delaware2300.50.8×$59k
Mississippi2300.20.3×$40k
Montana2000.40.6×$54k
South Dakota1800.40.6×$52k
Vermont1790.60.9×$70k~
Idaho1700.20.3×$60k
Wyoming1500.50.8×$62k
Washington DC1200.20.3×$64k
North Dakota1000.20.4×$74k

Top metro areas

  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA5,680 jobs · $44k median
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5,420 jobs · $51k median
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN3,890 jobs · $61k median
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,930 jobs · $59k median
  5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,740 jobs · $48k median
  6. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,230 jobs · $94k median
  7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,180 jobs · $75k median
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,930 jobs · $59k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.