Massage Therapists Salary — Austin, Texas

The average Massage Therapists in Austin, Texas earns $66,040 a year.

$66,040 / year, mean
↑ 4.7% above national average 71th percentile in Texas

Austin pays well above most of Texas for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for massage therapists — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,360
Estimate confidence
RSE 7.7%
Cost of living 98 #74 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $428,524 #40 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $97,638 #13 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Austin ranks #74 for cost of living and #40 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $92,510 Salem $91,630 Yakima $87,000 Bellingham $86,250 Grants Pass $85,520 Bend $85,280 Kingston $84,270 Bremerton $83,450 Portland $82,840 Wenatchee $82,110 Medford $81,500 Kennewick $79,810 State College $79,500 Eugene $78,460 Waco $78,360 Olympia $77,650 Abilene $76,580 Spokane $75,380 Salinas $75,230 Charlottesville $74,820 Ithaca $74,090 Niles $70,770 Tyler $70,320 Santa Cruz $70,040 Lansing $69,730 Louisville $69,700 Elkhart $69,290 Chico $69,110 Richmond $68,850 Corpus Christi $68,800 Kiryas Joel $68,780 Atlantic City $68,380 Lexington $68,190 Roanoke $67,120 Rochester $66,960 San Luis Obispo $66,080 Austin $66,040 Virginia Beach $65,840 Champaign $65,650 Flint $65,640 Detroit $65,630 Philadelphia $65,530 Baltimore $64,940 Pittsburgh $64,550 Rockford $64,530 Springfield $64,220 Grand Rapids $63,500 Houston $63,400 York $63,300 Buffalo $63,080 Indianapolis $62,770 San Antonio $62,570 Dallas $62,390 Killeen $62,290 Punta Gorda $62,130 New York $61,880 Hagerstown $61,740 Naples $61,690 Lancaster $60,930 Evansville $60,820 Reading $60,800 Chicago $60,770 Erie $60,500 Scranton $60,480 San Diego $59,940 Fort Wayne $59,920 Albany $59,900 San Jose $59,870 El Paso $59,480 Saginaw $59,240 Oxnard $59,220 Altoona $59,000 Vallejo $58,570 Harrisburg $58,460 Santa Rosa $58,190 Bakersfield $58,100 Ann Arbor $57,950 Lakeland $57,760 Fort Myers $57,750 Wildwood $57,470 Kalamazoo $57,450 Longview $57,230 San Francisco $56,920 Bloomington $56,890 Peoria $56,300 Riverside $55,960 Jacksonville $55,890 Allentown $55,880 Gainesville $55,780 Sacramento $55,760 Sebastian $55,760 Sarasota $55,710 Lubbock $55,550 Santa Maria $55,310 Tampa $54,400 Orlando $54,360 Kokomo $54,350 McAllen $54,260 Palm Bay $54,070 South Bend $53,980 Pensacola $53,670 Ocala $53,410 Port St. Lucie $53,360 Syracuse $53,080 Fresno $53,070 College Station $52,820 Stockton $52,600 Redding $52,360 Modesto $52,200 Los Angeles $52,130 Miami $52,120 Terre Haute $51,090 Crestview $50,090 Napa $49,140 Bloomington $44,530 Deltona $44,350 Charleston $43,270 Huntington $43,130
CityMean salaryvs. Austin
Abilene, Texas$76,580+16.0%
Albany, New York$59,900-9.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$55,880-15.4%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$59,000-10.7%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$57,950-12.3%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$68,380+3.5%
Bakersfield, California$58,100-12.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$64,940-1.7%
Bellingham, Washington$86,250+30.6%
Bend, Oregon$85,280+29.1%
Bloomington, Illinois$56,890-13.9%
Bloomington, Indiana$44,530-32.6%
Bremerton, Washington$83,450+26.4%
Buffalo, New York$63,080-4.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$57,750-12.6%
Champaign, Illinois$65,650-0.6%
Charleston, West Virginia$43,270-34.5%
Charlottesville, Virginia$74,820+13.3%
Chicago, Illinois$60,770-8.0%
Chico, California$69,110+4.6%
College Station, Texas$52,820-20.0%
Corpus Christi, Texas$68,800+4.2%
Crestview, Florida$50,090-24.2%
Dallas, Texas$62,390-5.5%
Deltona, Florida$44,350-32.8%
Detroit, Michigan$65,630-0.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$69,290+4.9%
El Paso, Texas$59,480-9.9%
Erie, Pennsylvania$60,500-8.4%
Eugene, Oregon$78,460+18.8%
Evansville, Indiana$60,820-7.9%
Flint, Michigan$65,640-0.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$59,920-9.3%
Fresno, California$53,070-19.6%
Gainesville, Florida$55,780-15.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$63,500-3.8%
Grants Pass, Oregon$85,520+29.5%
Hagerstown, Maryland$61,740-6.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$58,460-11.5%
Houston, Texas$63,400-4.0%
Huntington, West Virginia$43,130-34.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$62,770-5.0%
Ithaca, New York$74,090+12.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$55,890-15.4%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$57,450-13.0%
Kennewick, Washington$79,810+20.9%
Killeen, Texas$62,290-5.7%
Kingston, New York$84,270+27.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$68,780+4.1%
Kokomo, Indiana$54,350-17.7%
Lakeland, Florida$57,760-12.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$60,930-7.7%
Lansing, Michigan$69,730+5.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$68,190+3.3%
Longview, Texas$57,230-13.3%
Los Angeles, California$52,130-21.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$69,700+5.5%
Lubbock, Texas$55,550-15.9%
McAllen, Texas$54,260-17.8%
Medford, Oregon$81,500+23.4%
Miami, Florida$52,120-21.1%
Modesto, California$52,200-21.0%
Napa, California$49,140-25.6%
Naples, Florida$61,690-6.6%
New York, New York$61,880-6.3%
Niles, Michigan$70,770+7.2%
Sarasota, Florida$55,710-15.6%
Ocala, Florida$53,410-19.1%
Olympia, Washington$77,650+17.6%
Orlando, Florida$54,360-17.7%
Oxnard, California$59,220-10.3%
Palm Bay, Florida$54,070-18.1%
Pensacola, Florida$53,670-18.7%
Peoria, Illinois$56,300-14.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$65,530-0.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$64,550-2.3%
Portland, Oregon$82,840+25.4%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$53,360-19.2%
Punta Gorda, Florida$62,130-5.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$60,800-7.9%
Redding, California$52,360-20.7%
Richmond, Virginia$68,850+4.3%
Riverside, California$55,960-15.3%
Roanoke, Virginia$67,120+1.6%
Rochester, New York$66,960+1.4%
Rockford, Illinois$64,530-2.3%
Sacramento, California$55,760-15.6%
Saginaw, Michigan$59,240-10.3%
Salem, Oregon$91,630+38.7%
Salinas, California$75,230+13.9%
San Antonio, Texas$62,570-5.3%
San Diego, California$59,940-9.2%
San Francisco, California$56,920-13.8%
San Jose, California$59,870-9.3%
San Luis Obispo, California$66,080+0.1%
Santa Cruz, California$70,040+6.1%
Santa Maria, California$55,310-16.2%
Santa Rosa, California$58,190-11.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$60,480-8.4%
Seattle, Washington$92,510+40.1%
Sebastian, Florida$55,760-15.6%
South Bend, Indiana$53,980-18.3%
Spokane, Washington$75,380+14.1%
Springfield, Illinois$64,220-2.8%
State College, Pennsylvania$79,500+20.4%
Stockton, California$52,600-20.4%
Syracuse, New York$53,080-19.6%
Tampa, Florida$54,400-17.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$51,090-22.6%
Tyler, Texas$70,320+6.5%
Vallejo, California$58,570-11.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$65,840-0.3%
Waco, Texas$78,360+18.7%
Wenatchee, Washington$82,110+24.3%
Wildwood, Florida$57,470-13.0%
Yakima, Washington$87,000+31.7%
York, Pennsylvania$63,300-4.1%
Gross salary
66,040/yr
Estimated take-home
55,243/yr
Est. total withheld
16.3%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 31-9011 SOC code
Official area Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 12420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Round RockSan Marcos
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Texas

Population (metro area)
2,357,497