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Massage Therapists pay in Alaska and Pennsylvania
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Massage Therapists is $134,930 per year in Alaska. It is $58,300 per year in Pennsylvania. Alaska is 131.4% above Pennsylvania 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 2,990 in Pennsylvania. 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