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Posted on: September 18, 2013
A relatively low-skill/high-income aspect makes a massage therapy career very attractive to those with a high degree of compassion, a caring attitude, and natural bent toward healing.Exceptional earnings potential
According to official data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”), there were 71,040 licensed massage therapists in the country as of May 2012. Their average hourly wage was $19.40, while their average annual income was $40,350.
Most fertile physical territories
Per the BLS, states with the highest massage therapist salaries in respective order were Alaska, Vermont, Rhode Island, Washington, and Delaware. Average annual massage therapist earnings in those five states were $84,120, $54,680, $53,760, and $51,540, respectively.
As a rule, major metropolitan areas with relatively large populations offer the highest earnings potential and number of employment opportunities for those interested in a professional massage therapy career.
Most lucrative employment environments
Professional massage therapists may work in a variety of practice settings and industry segments. BLS statistics indicate that the industry segments with the highest number of practitioners are personal care services, other healthcare providers’ offices, traveler accommodations, related amusement and recreational industries, and physicians’ offices, respectively.
The BLS projects a 20 percent growth in massage therapist positions between 2010 and 2010 and indicates that this projected percentage reflects “faster than average” estimated growth. Thus, future occupational opportunities look quite optimistic for aspiring massage therapists.
Outstanding return on investment
Although specific state licensure requirements for massage therapists vary, they range between 500 and 1,000 clock hours of classroom instruction and clinical practice. Average tuition costs are $6 to $17 per clock hour.* Thus, total costs of professional preparation for a massage therapy career range from $3,000 to $17,000, depending on your particular training facility and geographical location. Even at the highest end of that range, you stand to recoup treble your financial investment in tuition in the first year of employment. This is 300 percent return on investment makes pursuing a massage therapy career a worthy pursuit – in more ways than one.
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