How many massage therapists are there in the United States, by state?
California has the most massage therapists at 14,600, and North Dakota the fewest at 100. The median state has 1,330. Per resident, Hawaii leads with 91.4 massage therapists per 100,000 people.
Massage Therapists by state, ranked
| # | State | Massage Therapists (2025) | Per 100,000 residents | With a published email |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 14,600 | 36.9 | 35 |
| 2 | Florida | 9,280 | 43.1 | 99 |
| 3 | Texas | 8,630 | 29.6 | 24 |
| 4 | Illinois | 4,950 | 38.6 | 51 |
| 5 | New York | 4,500 | 22.3 | 495 |
| 6 | Colorado | 3,950 | 68.4 | 7 |
| 7 | Washington | 3,740 | 48.5 | 6 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 2,990 | 23 | 90 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 2,890 | 31.1 | 2,139 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 2,830 | 40.3 | 2 |
| 11 | Virginia | 2,730 | 31.6 | 24 |
| 12 | Arizona | 2,530 | 35.4 | 13 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 2,460 | 23.6 | 31 |
| 14 | Michigan | 2,410 | 23.9 | 8,973 |
| 15 | Oregon | 2,250 | 53.1 | 1 |
| 16 | South Carolina | 1,840 | 35.9 | 11 |
| 17 | Utah | 1,840 | 56.2 | 3 |
| 18 | Ohio | 1,760 | 14.9 | 329 |
| 19 | Georgia | 1,700 | 15.9 | 19 |
| 20 | Minnesota | 1,690 | 29.6 | 5 |
| 21 | Nevada | 1,620 | 52.2 | 5 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 1,520 | 25.8 | 26 |
| 23 | Missouri | 1,500 | 24.4 | 3 |
| 24 | Indiana | 1,480 | 21.8 | 36 |
| 25 | Maryland | 1,350 | 21.9 | 5 |
| 26 | Hawaii | 1,330 | 91.4 | 1 |
| 27 | Tennessee | 1,230 | 17.8 | 11 |
| 28 | Louisiana | 890 | 19.1 | 0 |
| 29 | Kansas | 780 | 26.5 | 0 |
| 30 | Kentucky | 780 | 17.3 | 9 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 700 | 19.4 | 8 |
| 32 | Alabama | 600 | 11.9 | 4 |
| 33 | Alaska | 570 | 77.7 | 5 |
| 34 | Iowa | 540 | 16.9 | 4 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | 520 | 13.1 | 0 |
| 36 | Arkansas | 430 | 14.3 | 3 |
| 37 | Maine | 370 | 27.2 | 3 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 360 | 17 | 1 |
| 39 | Rhode Island | 290 | 26.4 | 2 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 270 | 13.8 | 2 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 270 | 19.6 | 2 |
| 42 | West Virginia | 250 | 13.9 | 1 |
| 43 | Delaware | 230 | 23.2 | 4 |
| 44 | Mississippi | 230 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 45 | Montana | 200 | 18.4 | 4 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 180 | 20.3 | 1 |
| 47 | Idaho | 170 | 9.2 | 3 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 150 | 26 | 0 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 120 | 17.4 | 1 |
| 50 | North Dakota | 100 | 12.8 | 0 |
1 jurisdiction(s) have no published estimate for this occupation in the 2025 survey (BLS suppresses cells that fail its quality or confidentiality tests).
Per capita
Headcount follows population, so the per-100,000 column is the fairer comparison between states. Top five: Hawaii (91.4), Alaska (77.7), Colorado (68.4), Utah (56.2), Oregon (53.1). Bottom five: Mississippi (7.8), Idaho (9.2), Alabama (11.9), North Dakota (12.8), Oklahoma (13.1).
Published business emails
12,502 massage therapists nationally have a business email address published on a licence register, a practice website or a professional directory, as counted by Email Lists USA's massage therapists list on October 1, 2026. That is a count of people who publish a work address, not a measure of the profession's size, and it moves with each rebuild of that list.
State pages
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), via api.bls.gov v2, May 2025 estimates for occupation 31-9011 (Massage Therapists), one series per state (for example OEUS060000000000031901101 for California), read October 1, 2026. Per-capita denominators: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census resident population. The U.S. figure on this page is the sum of the published state estimates, not a separately published national total.