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OCCUPATION RESEARCH ON: [|Massage Therapy]

1) Median Pay:$ 34,000 per year (in 2010) 2) Median Pay Per Hour: $16.78 (in 2010) 3) No related work experience needed 4) No on the job training 5) Job Outlook 2010-2020: 20% faster than average 6) Number of jobs: 153,700 (in 2010) //# 1-6 CITED:// //"Home : Occupational Outlook Handbook : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5 Apr. 2010. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. .//

7) Work in various settings- private offices, hospitals, nursing homes, studios, hotels, sports and fitness facilities 8) Today more than 60,000 nationally certified 9) Customers spend between $2 billion and $4 billion annually on visits 10) Third most commonly used for alternative medicine //#7-10 CITED:// //"Massage Therapy Symptoms, Causes, Treatment." MedicineNet. MedicineNet, 1996. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. .//

11) Number of practitioners in u.s between 120,000& 160.000 12) Americans make more visits to alternative practices than to primary-care spending $21.2 billion 13) Age brackets: 18-24 (22%); 25-34 (31%); 35-44 (25%); 45-54 (22%); 55-64 (19%); and over 65 (9%) 14) Women more likely than men to have massage therapy 15) 3 most reasons for MT: relaxation 27%, relief of muscle soreness, stiffness, or spasm 13%, and stress reduction 10% 16) 42% of all Americans have alternative therapy 17) Recommendation from friend or family is fastest way to business- 62% 18) Over 20 million Americans have massage therapy or bodywork each year 19) Health insurers are increasingly adding massage therapy to health insurance 20) Elderly people who get massages report better mood //#11-20 CITED:// //"Facts About Massage Therapy." Facts About Massage Therapy. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. .//

21) Number of massage therapy programs in 2011: 1,440 22) New graduates 2011: 48,271 23) New graduates 2009: 54,246 24) Average number of students per program 2011: 35 25) Average number of students per program 2009: 38 26) Current number of institutes in US: 407 27) Current number of in Us Colleges: 200 28) Current number of Corporate Massage Schools in US: 62 29) Current number of proprietary schools in US: 750 30) Current number of Public schools that offer course: 21 31) Average number of students in career training institutes: 38 32) Average number of students in colleges: 26 33) Average number of students in Corporate Massage Schools: 115 34) Average number of students in Proprietary Schools: 29 35) Average number of students in public school programs: 21 36) Four out of five massage schools have financial aid 37) from 1998 to 2007, a growth rate of 107.7% student enrollment has occurred //#21-37 CITED:// //"Media Corner." Media Corner. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. .//

38) A Maryland Massage Therapy License requires at least 500 hours of education& 60 hours of college education for LMT license

39) RMP license requires at least 500 hours of education 40) Must take the NCETMB and NCCAOM 41) Must take the jurisprudence exam 42) License renewable occur every two years with a 24 hour CE requirement 43) Costs for schooling could range from 6,000 to 9,000 44) The average age of employed massage school therapists is 45 45) Most massage schools have many different enrollment times //#38-45 CITED:// //"How To Pay For School." Maryland Massage Therapist Licensing and Certification Requirements. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. .//

46) More than 80 types of treatment 48) Can specialize in deep-tissue 49) Can specizlize in acupunture 50) Can specialize in reflexology 51) Can sepecialize in orthopedic 52) Can specialize in sports massage 53) Employment growth of 20.1% 54) 30,900 more professionals to be hired 55) 153,700 jobs currently 56) Best paid in field paid 69,000 - 10% of field 57) Internships are availabe in some programs 58) Unenployment rate of 5.5% //#46-58 CITED:// //"Massage Therapist: Job Profile & Salary." Massage Therapist Job Overview. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. .//

59) 50% of massage therapists have liability insurance 60) Full time work- 15- 30 hours 61) Work by appointment 62) Massages can be 5 minutes- two hours 63) Only tiped in certian areas of the field 64) No tips in hospitals 65) Related careers would include- Phyiscal therapists, chriopracticioners //#59-65 CITED:// //"Career Information." - Massage Therapists. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. .//

67) 37 states have massage licensing laws 68) Must be careful & use proper standing positons and hand movements- may develope carpel tunnel/other body injuries 69) Flexable hours 70) Charges an average of $60 an hour 71) Tools needed: Massage tables, health insurance, space rental //#67-71 CITED:// //"Massage Therapist Salary Information." Massage Therapist Salary. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. .//

72) See on average 40-42 clients a month 73) 40% of physical therapiests recommend massage therapy 74) 60% say they wish they had more clients 75) 53% of MT's work in another profession as well //#72-75 CITED:// //"Career Outlook & Trends for Massage Therapists." Career Outlook & Trends for Massage Therapists. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. .//