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METHODOLOGY
To determine the number of US massage
therapists, ABMP requests the number of
active licensees from each state massage
therapy board and accesses offi cial records
where available. We then use the data
from those lists to produce a fi nal number
for each state that excludes dual-licensed
therapists who practice in multiple states,
which reduces the overall number by about
7 percent. In unregulated states and states
where we are unable to gather information,
we estimate based on similar states,
information about ABMP membership, and
other available professional data.
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2019 2023
278,089
293,531
316,056
321,981
328,799
334,219
321,493
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Note
1. Jed Heneberry, "ABMP Member Survey:
Massage Session Pricing," Massage &
Bodywork 38, no. 2 (March/April 2023): 11, www.
massageandbodyworkdigital.com/i/1492048-
march-april-2023/12?.
Les Sweeney is CEO and president of ABMP.
