Friday, April 12, 2013
massage therapist
3. Licensed Massage Therapist (90th Percentile Pay: $141,000; Median Pay: $67,600)
Licensed massage therapists work in spas, hotels, salons, rehab or physical therapy clinics, massage centers or run their business independently and travel to their clients. They can specialize in more than 80 different types of massage, including Swedish massage, deep-tissue, reflexology, hot stone, acupressure and sports massage. The BLS predicts employment in this field will grow faster than average as more people learn about the benefits of massage in relieving stress, alleviating aches and pains, and promoting wellness especially as our population grows older.
This is a great career for people who need a flexible schedule. Therapists are often self-employed and set their own hours. Most states require formal training, as much as 500 hours after an Associate's Degree, before granting a massage license.
really? because i need a job. i can't even get a job! i have applied to so many places, nothing. yesterday i got a call from one of my temp agencies asking if i wanted to work a 3rd shift 10.00 job i said sure...but then i asked her if it will be long term (because its such a hassle getting my UC benefits back its not even worth it)...she said it would only be last night and tonight. not worth it...
lisa and marta told me massage therapists have trouble getting work...how so? i mean, i understand if you are working for yourself, it would be hard to find clientele, but if you get in with a spa or hospital, then you should be able to get steady work, right???
why do these yahoo jobs keep saying this if its not true?
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Because the BLS said so, that's why yahoo posts it. It's might be a bunch of gov crap for schools to make money at. I can't doubt the stats b/c I don't have figures for that, but until "doctors" start prescribing massages more which is what may happen, and insurance companies start picking up the tabs, the expansion won't be there. And that may happen, who knows. Sure there are people who make money doing that, but basically they have been in business a while, have a clientel base, or have found the high class clientel such as sports teams, ceo's, millionaires, etc, and can keep them and charge a high price. Depends on a lot of factors. Most of the time when you work for a spa, they take 40% or more out of your check for the massage, plus you may have to rent a booth to be in they're complex for $400/month or whatever, so if the spa offers $60/hr massages, that gets cut to $$36/hr minus rent, but then there's behind the scenes kind of stuff that takes time, like laundry, etc, depends on how the spa is structued they may provide a laundry service, but it will cost you, anyway, so you might get 2-3 clients day or 4 if you're good and good luck getting a job w/o experience at a hospital. It's easy to underestimate the energy it takes to give massages and the limit you can give in a day and what it will take out of you, but if you work at a spa, you will more than likely swap massages with other therapists, so that's a benefit. you might expect to make 25-35k the first year, but you have to be very good and build a clientel list so you can start charging more and stuff. You'll have to learn how to guide your clients thru their massage. I would like to add that there's a lot of therapists that aren't any good, talk about stupid crap while in session instead of relaxing their client and guiding them, and another factor you have to be aware that your some of your guy clients will fall in love with you, so there's the stalking factor. LOL. Paparatzzi. You'd love it! -Jimmy Fallon
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