How To Become A Masseur: What It Is and Career Path

What is a masseur and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

2 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a masseur. For example, did you know that they make an average of $23.73 an hour? That's $49,353 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 20% and produce 29,900 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreMasseurUS Average

Salary

3.9

Avg. Salary $49,353

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

4.0

Growth rate 20%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

5.3

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.26%

Asian 14.43%

Black or African American 5.72%

Hispanic or Latino 15.12%

Unknown 5.39%

White 59.07%

Gender

female 21.57%

male 78.43%

Age - 40

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 40

Stress level

4.0

Stress level is moderate

7.1 - high

Complexity level

5.6

Complexity level is intermediate

7 - challenging

Work life balance

10.0

Work life balance is excellent

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a masseur

Explore masseur education requirements

Most common masseur degrees

Bachelor's

36.8 %

Diploma

15.8 %

Doctorate

15.8 %

Start to develop specific masseur skills

Skills	Percentages
Physical Therapy	100.00%

Complete relevant masseur training and internships

Accountants spend an average of Less than 1 month on post-employment, on-the-job training. New masseurs learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a masseur based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real masseur resumes.

Research masseur duties and responsibilities

Manage employees and office, administer payroll.
Maintain professionalism and cleanliness of assign therapy room and maintain the confidentiality and sensitivity to relate issues during all client interactions.
Perform massage therapy and Reiki on palliative care patients

Prepare your masseur resume

When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your masseur resume.

You can use Zippia's AI resume builder to make the resume writing process easier while also making sure that you include key information that hiring managers expect to see on a masseur resume. You'll find resume tips and examples of skills, responsibilities, and summaries, all provided by Zippi, your career sidekick.

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Apply for masseur jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a masseur job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

How did you land your first masseur job

Gabriel Bugiuianu

Masseur, CSO Voluntari 2005

My name is Gabriel and I would love to share with you for the article that you are making how I chose to become a masseur.
I started medical nursing school when I was 18 years old. After one year I decided to focus more on the manual therapy so I was volunteering for a clinique that was specialised on physiotherapy recovery. Later on, as I was working on massages I was receiving a lot of recommendation and gratitude from the people that I worked with. There is an intimate connection between therapist and patient, one of a kind as I might add cuz there is more then just doing the massage, for me it's the connection and the intimacy that it's created. My parents taught me always to do good and be a respectful person so for that I am very grateful and I apply this values with the people that i work. Currently I am working for 7 years now as a massage therapist for a pro league of volleyball team.