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Massage Therapists pay in Alaska and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Massage Therapists is $134,930 per year in Alaska. It is $50,150 per year in New Jersey. Alaska is 169.1% above New Jersey on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-9011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 570 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 2,890 in New Jersey. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings