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Massage Therapists · SOC 31-9011

Massage Therapists Salary in the Salinas Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Salinas, CA metro area

Figures describe the Salinas, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Salinas city limits.

Median annual wage$61,400
Median hourly wage$29.52

Massage Therapists in the Salinas, CA metro area earned a median of $61,400 per year ($29.52 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,820 at the 10th percentile to $150,700 at the 90th. BLS estimates 240 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Massage Therapists in the Salinas metro area earn more than $61,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,630 and $97,790.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$34,820$35,630$61,400$97,790$150,700
Hourly$16.74$17.13$29.52$47.02$72.45

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Salinas metro areathis metro area
    $61,400
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $45,970
  • United Statesnational
    $58,450

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +34% vs California overall and +5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,730$58,017$94,303$130,590Monroe, LA — $21,730Hot Springs, AR — $27,040Mobile, AL — $28,010San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,770Baton Rouge, LA — $30,820Lafayette, LA — $35,610Oklahoma City, OK — $36,380Albuquerque, NM — $36,440Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $36,920Fort Smith, AR-OK — $37,110Tulsa, OK — $37,500Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $38,130Napa, CA — $39,330Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $39,360New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $39,500Charleston, WV — $39,520Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $39,780San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $40,280Bloomington, IN — $41,350Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $41,920Billings, MT — $42,090Lake Charles, LA — $42,830Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $43,030Eau Claire, WI — $43,480Syracuse, NY — $43,480Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $43,530Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $43,920Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $44,150Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $44,760Terre Haute, IN — $44,830Jackson, MS — $45,090San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $45,200Modesto, CA — $45,360Stockton-Lodi, CA — $45,400Auburn-Opelika, AL — $46,060Wichita, KS — $46,560Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $46,810El Paso, TX — $46,820South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,090Knoxville, TN — $47,120Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $47,320Santa Fe, NM — $47,390McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $47,410Ocala, FL — $47,550Reno, NV — $47,560Asheville, NC — $47,780Akron, OH — $47,990Chattanooga, TN-GA — $48,030Topeka, KS — $48,140Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $48,190Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,370Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,480Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,610Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,730Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $48,850Lawrence, KS — $48,880Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $48,960Madison, WI — $49,080Fresno, CA — $49,290College Station-Bryan, TX — $49,320Cedar Rapids, IA — $49,350Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $49,360Huntsville, AL — $49,410Tuscaloosa, AL — $49,560Worcester, MA — $49,600Port St. Lucie, FL — $49,760North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $49,830Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $49,940Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $50,010San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $50,060Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $50,190Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $50,240Gainesville, FL — $50,270Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $50,300Reading, PA — $50,430Altoona, PA — $50,480Jacksonville, FL — $50,600New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $50,600Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $50,620Redding, CA — $50,690Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $50,860Canton-Massillon, OH — $50,980Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $50,980Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $51,470St. Cloud, MN — $51,760Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $51,770Omaha, NE-IA — $51,950Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $51,980Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $52,140Johnson City, TN — $52,410Barnstable Town, MA — $52,560Evansville, IN — $52,560Rapid City, SD — $52,970Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $53,540Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $53,920Killeen-Temple, TX — $54,120Lubbock, TX — $54,200Fort Wayne, IN — $54,470Longview, TX — $54,480Cleveland, OH — $54,770Toledo, OH — $54,850Bloomington, IL — $55,150Naples-Marco Island, FL — $55,160Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $55,730Kansas City, MO-KS — $55,810Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $55,990Corpus Christi, TX — $56,210Rochester, MN — $56,220Fayetteville, NC — $56,230Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $56,260Peoria, IL — $56,270Tyler, TX — $56,300Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $56,350Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $56,720Punta Gorda, FL — $56,800Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $56,850San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $56,870Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $57,010Kokomo, IN — $57,060Youngstown-Warren, OH — $57,130Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $57,300Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $57,510Columbus, OH — $57,580Richmond, VA — $57,730Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $58,050Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $58,380Charlottesville, VA — $58,450Springfield, MA — $58,500Erie, PA — $58,600Tucson, AZ — $58,610Montgomery, AL — $58,750Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $58,800Vallejo, CA — $58,870Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $58,930Lancaster, PA — $59,000Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $59,010St. Louis, MO-IL — $59,020Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $59,150Pittsburgh, PA — $59,290Columbia, SC — $59,310York-Hanover, PA — $59,540Duluth, MN-WI — $59,550Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $59,560Green Bay, WI — $59,630Colorado Springs, CO — $60,030Spartanburg, SC — $60,100Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $60,160Janesville-Beloit, WI — $60,320Ann Arbor, MI — $60,370Pueblo, CO — $60,410Boise City, ID — $60,420Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $60,420Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $60,460Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $60,490San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $60,640Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $60,840Rockford, IL — $60,880La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $61,050Champaign-Urbana, IL — $61,170Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $61,170Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $61,200Springfield, IL — $61,280Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,290Coeur d'Alene, ID — $61,310Salinas, CA — $61,400Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,770Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $61,830Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $61,870Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $61,890Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $61,980Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $62,120Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $62,140Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $62,310Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $62,400Grand Junction, CO — $62,550Roanoke, VA — $63,070Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $63,080New Haven, CT — $63,160Greensboro-High Point, NC — $63,250Chico, CA — $63,290Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $63,820Greeley, CO — $64,020Appleton, WI — $64,360Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $64,740Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $65,220Lincoln, NE — $65,860Saginaw, MI — $66,090Rochester, NY — $66,110Springfield, MO — $66,150Savannah, GA — $67,470Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $68,230Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $68,470Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $68,640Abilene, TX — $68,730Niles, MI — $69,580Winston-Salem, NC — $70,120Ogden, UT — $70,430Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $70,960Raleigh-Cary, NC — $71,480Boulder, CO — $71,870Flint, MI — $72,100Waco, TX — $72,560St. George, UT — $72,780Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $73,260Athens-Clarke County, GA — $73,330Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $73,540Fargo, ND-MN — $74,140Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $74,880Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $75,160Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $75,340Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $76,090Lexington-Fayette, KY — $76,250Kingston, NY — $77,150Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $77,150Portland-South Portland, ME — $78,090Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $78,320Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $79,600Kennewick-Richland, WA — $79,950Ithaca, NY — $80,340Manchester-Nashua, NH — $80,360Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $81,030Wilmington, NC — $81,390Medford, OR — $82,370State College, PA — $82,490Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $82,690Sheboygan, WI — $83,200Bellingham, WA — $83,790Eugene-Springfield, OR — $83,880Yakima, WA — $84,100Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $84,730Bozeman, MT — $85,670Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $94,220Bend, OR — $94,580Grants Pass, OR — $94,610Salem, OR — $96,080Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $96,820Pittsfield, MA — $102,120Fairbanks-College, AK — $130,590

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Salinas metro area has the 74th-highest published median for this occupation among the 238 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for massage therapists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Salinas metro areathis page
    $61,400
  • Chico metro area
    $63,290
  • San Luis Obispo metro area
    $60,640
  • Vallejo metro area
    $58,870
  • Santa Cruz metro area
    $58,050
  • Bakersfield metro area
    $57,300
  • Sacramento metro area
    $51,980

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,320Medical Assistants$48,890Nursing Assistants$48,870Dental Assistants$56,790Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$46,990Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$54,310

Highest-paying metro areas for massage therapistss · Highest-paying occupations in Salinas Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.