Last week we looked at the ABMP’s and the AMTA’s fact sheets for 2010 (click here and here) and found that the industry is a multi-billion-dollar one that is growing quickly in the amount of money it generates per year. We also looked at data suggesting that a sizable number of businesses and individuals receive massage therapy on an annual basis.
This data and its portrayal of the massage therapy industry make it easy to understand why massage therapy is an increasingly popular career choice. But, as we’ll see, a closer look at the data shows an industry that is hardly a slam-dunk financial windfall for its practitioners. (more…)