Massage Therapist Pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.

Recently published U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data indicated that, as of May 2020, over 85,000 massage therapists were employed in the United States.  At that time, more than 11,000 massage therapists were working in the Mid-Eastern U.S., a region that includes five states and the District of Columbia.  A closer examination at BLS data from May 2020 shows us the following about massage therapist pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.:

Massage Therapist Pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
DC	90	N/A	N/A
DE	N/A	N/A	N/A
MD	1,030	$46,880	20th
NJ	2,440	$46,280	24th
NY	5,180	$55,290	7th
PA	2,490	$46,700	22nd
U.S.	85,040	$47,350	-------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on June 5, 2021