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Colorado State Guide
Colorado massage therapy guide
Explore Colorado massage licensing requirements, professional organizations, insurance considerations, continuing education, workforce data, and official resources, with dated official sources and scheduled review.
Statewide requirements and local rules are identified separately. This guide is general information, not legal advice.
Claim-level cautions
Check these bounded details
These cautions apply only to the named fields. They do not invalidate the rest of the independently supported Colorado record.
Reinstatement CE is not routine renewal CE
No routine CE requirement was identified for ordinary renewal. A 24-hour option is one competency route for specified reinstatement cases.
Colorado licensing
State massage therapist license required
Colorado licenses massage therapists. The current standard path uses at least 650 education hours, an accepted examination, and CBI/FBI fingerprint review; routine renewal CE was not identified.
Colorado requires the state massage therapist license for regulated practice, subject to statutory exemptions and separate local facility powers.
View the full Colorado licensing record →- Regulator
- Colorado Office of Massage Therapy Licensure
- Credential
- Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT)
- Education
- 650 hours
- Renewal
- Licenses renew every two years.
Professional support
Professional organizations
The linked AMTA state chapter is a first-party professional-organization starting point, not a regulatory authority.
State chapter of a national professional association
American Massage Therapy Association — Colorado Chapter
The official AMTA page identifies the Colorado chapter as a professional-association connection for the state's massage community.
Practice risk
Insurance considerations
The reviewed Colorado licensure rule and application page did not identify a general statewide professional-liability insurance minimum for every massage therapist. This does not resolve employers, establishments, leases, schools, events, contracts, or local requirements.
General information only—not legal, financial, or coverage advice.
Questions for an insurer
- Which modalities, populations, and locations are covered?
- Are defense costs inside or outside policy limits?
- What incident-reporting deadlines and exclusions apply?
License renewal
Continuing education
No routine continuing-education requirement was identified for ordinary biennial renewal. A 24-hour CE option appears only as one competency route for specified reinstatement cases.
No routine CE audit framework was identified for ordinary renewal; reinstatement evidence follows current rule.
See detailed Colorado renewal and CE requirements →Official CE starting points
Colorado official CE authorityOpen official resource ↗Employment and wages
Colorado workforce outlook
BLS May 2023 OEWS estimated 4,380 wage-and-salary massage therapist jobs in Colorado, with a median hourly wage of $26.97. These are estimates, not license or practitioner counts.
Estimated wage-and-salary jobs
Median hourly wage
OEWS measures wage-and-salary jobs by occupation through an employer survey.
OEWS excludes self-employed workers, which is material in massage therapy; national self-employment context must not be presented as a state-specific percentage.
Workforce sources and regional projections
Colorado agencies and data
Official resources
Start with Colorado Office of Massage Therapy Licensure.
Sources and updates
Reviewed July 25, 2026
Information was reviewed against the linked official and first-party sources. Next scheduled review: October 25, 2026.
Official authority and source list
- Colorado DORA — Massage Therapy Licensure
- Colorado DORA — Massage Therapy Applications and Renewal
- Colorado DORA — Massage Therapy Laws and Rules
- 3 CCR 722-1 — Rules and Regulations for Massage Therapists
- Colorado DORA — Fingerprinting
- Colorado General Assembly — SB 24-201
- Colorado Session Laws — HB 22-1300
Local business, zoning, facility, and professional rules may apply in addition to statewide requirements. Confirm current requirements with the responsible authority before acting.