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Average Massage Therapists Salary in Minnesota

Massage Therapists in Minnesota earn a median annual salary of $75,500, which is +30.3% compared to the national median. There are 1,440 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Minnesota (state).

$75,500
Minnesota median annual wage
$36/hour median
+30.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $57,950
1,440
Local employment
0.5 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.79
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$39,990
25th
$50,550
Median
$75,500
75th
$84,910
90th
$95,840

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Minnesota, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
98.6%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$76,556
Goods: 100.5%
Services: 90.8%
Rents: 91.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Alaska$135,200Compare570
Vermont$105,490Compare60
Oregon$82,860Compare2,280
Washington$82,820Compare3,590
Hawaii$80,590Compare1,420
North Dakota$70,720Compare150

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Minnesota

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Podiatrists$224,2800.83
Physicists$222,5500.15
Pediatricians, General$212,3801.10
Dentists, General$209,8201.16
Chief Executives$194,1601.67
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$184,560N/A
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$182,7900.97
Air Traffic Controllers$176,0301.49

Minnesota has salary data for 731 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Podiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Massage Therapists in Minnesota

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Massage Therapists are projected to change by +15.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 24,700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.