I think you’ll need to explain to your teacher that the vast majority of Massage Therapists are self employed, and therefore there is no ‘average starting salary’. How much you make reflects the items I mentioned in my blog post. Basically, this is your income from all the massages you do minus your business expenses. It isn’t like other jobs where you get paid by the hour or get paid a certain salary per year. Instead, you get paid for how many clients you see. This means that you could go to work one day and make no money, because you didn’t see any clients!

However, my statement still stands: “Taking into account all of the above factors, a new graduate can expect to earn somewhere between 20K-30K in their first year of practice, depending on how busy they are and what their percent split or rent is.” Do note that that does NOT take into account taxes and other expenses you need to shave off the top of your income.

Candice, a Registered Massage Therapist working in Ontario has posted some information about RMT salries at her blog, Zen and the Art of Massage. Have a look….