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Massage Therapists pay in Fairbanks-College, AK and Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Massage Therapists is $130,590 per year in Fairbanks-College, AK. It is $68,640 per year in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. Fairbanks-College, AK is 90.3% above Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Fairbanks-College, AK and 120 in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. 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