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Massage Therapists

SOC 31-9011 · 2024-2034

Perform therapeutic massages of soft tissues and joints. May assist in the assessment of range of motion and muscle strength, or propose client therapy plans.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$47,134per year
Projected openings
38,120
Projected change
+20.9%
Usually needs
Postsecondary non-degree award

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Active Listening
  2. Speaking
  3. Service Orientation
  4. Social Perceptiveness
  5. Judgment and Decision Making
  6. Monitoring

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Chico MSA (Butte County)$87,252150
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$61,356180
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$61,325560
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$61,130410
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$60,4659,960
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$58,405250
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$58,3331,940
Merced MSA (Merced County)$55,78260
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$55,24770
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$53,478210
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$51,236370
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$50,424270
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$50,208590
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$50,064640
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$49,9044,300
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$49,6012,150
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$48,9223,150
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$48,32690
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$48,244140
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$46,526670
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$44,8752,070
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$44,1601,820
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$43,51340
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$42,7833,890
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$40,181530
Napa MSA (Napa County)$39,255720
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$39,143200
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$36,355150

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Physical Therapist Assistants$85,21518,930+41.1%
Recreational Therapists$100,9181,870+15.8%
Occupational Therapy Assistants$83,8416,200+32.4%
Physical Therapist Aides$39,30112,050+20.3%
Skincare Specialists$39,75223,330+9.9%
Respiratory Therapists$107,75414,350+22.2%

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