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Beauty & personal care
Massage therapy
You give therapeutic or relaxation massages at a spa, a clinic, or clients' homes. You're paid per session, and a license is required in most states.
5.0Last review 2 weeks agoLow data
Low data. These numbers come from just 1 review, so treat them as an early signal, not a reliable average — they'll sharpen as more people report.
Median monthly earnings
$4,250
Middle 50%: $4,250 – $4,250
Effective hourly
$60.71
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
16 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
$5,000–10,000
To get up and running
Time to first $100
Within a week
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$300–600
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Fully on my own terms
Most common answer
Would recommend it
100%
1 of 1 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 1 review.
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Under $100
$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
$1,000–2,000
$2,000–3,500
$3,500–5,000
$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
How it scores
Happiness10.0 / 10
Would do it again100%
Schedule flexibility5.0 / 5
Pay predictability3.7 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 1 review.
How much I could earn
1
Taxes — how much I owe
1
How little I could earn
0
How much time it takes
0
How difficult it is to get started
0
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
0
Unexpected expenses
0
How competitive the market is
0
Nothing really surprised me
0
Reviews
Everyone here is anonymous. Nobody sees who wrote what.· 6–12 months in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $3,500–5,000Hours 60–80 hrs/moHourly $60.71
I love massage therapy and the money is good. I would not recommend it to anyone who isn’t passionate about healing and enjoys working one on one with people. I do wish there were more routes to earn income without direct hands on work.
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