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Connecticut State Guide

Massage Therapy in Connecticut

Explore Connecticut massage licensing requirements, 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.

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Connecticut licensing

Licensing overview

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State massage therapist license required

The statewide credential does not displace generally applicable local business, zoning, premises, health, or safety requirements.

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Regulatory model
State massage therapist license required
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Compact statewide or local regulatory orientation; detailed legal treatment remains in the licensing record.

Regulator
Connecticut Department of Public Health
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Current state or local authority identified in the licensing record.

Credential
Licensed Massage Therapist
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Credential title from the canonical licensing record.

Minimum education
750 hours
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Statewide entry-education orientation; pathway details remain in the licensing record.

Examination
MBLEx or accepted NCBTMB examination
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Required examination categories from the canonical licensing record.

Renewal
Connecticut massage therapist licenses expire biennially under the Department's current health-care credential schedule.
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Renewal cadence only; deadlines, fees, and mechanics remain in the licensing record.

Continuing education
24 hours · The 24-hour CE reporting period is four years even though the credential renews every two years.
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Compact legal CE orientation only; subjects, documentation, and renewal mechanics remain in the licensing record.

Education

Massage education in Connecticut

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Legal education requirements, official starting points, and selected MassageData program records are distinct.

Legal entry requirement

750 hours

Statewide entry-education orientation; pathway details remain in the licensing record.

Official education starting points

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educationConnecticut career-school authorization and school data

The Office of Higher Education authorizes private career schools and provides school-data and regulatory starting points. The resource is not represented as a current massage-only roster.

Selected MassageData program records

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No individual program record cleared this review. That is not evidence that Connecticut has no massage programs.

These are selected records, not a complete school directory. School approval is not the same as massage licensure, accreditation, or a guarantee of outcomes.

Practice and risk

Insurance considerations

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Legal requirement finding

Connecticut General Statutes section 20-206i requires a massage therapist providing direct patient care to maintain professional liability coverage of at least $500,000 per person per occurrence and $1,000,000 aggregate.

A reviewed authority identifies a legal insurance requirement. General information only—not legal, financial, or coverage advice.

Insurance sources

Professional risk context

Separate the legal finding from prudent professional risk management; verify covered modalities, exclusions, defense costs, limits, and policy dates.

Premises, property, employment, cyber, vehicle, and other business exposures are distinct from professional liability and require policy-specific review.

  • Do not infer a legal insurance mandate from common professional practice.
  • Recheck the linked licensing record and the intended practice address.

Questions for an insurer

  • Does the policy satisfy any state or local requirement that applies to this practice?
  • Which modalities, locations, entities, and workers are covered?
  • Are defense costs inside or outside the stated limits?

Continuing education

Legal orientation and official starting points

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Legal CE orientation

24 hours · The 24-hour CE reporting period is four years even though the credential renews every two years.

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Compact legal CE orientation only; subjects, documentation, and renewal mechanics remain in the licensing record.

Use official starting points to explore continuing-education resources in Connecticut. Legal renewal and continuing-education requirements remain in the licensing record.

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Official CE starting points

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Connecticut DPH — Massage Therapist Continuing Education RequirementsOpen official resource ↗

Workforce data

Connecticut workforce outlook

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BLS May 2025 OEWS estimates 700 wage-and-salary massage therapist jobs in Connecticut; this is not a license count or practitioner census.

Employment

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May 2025 OEWS estimate700

Estimated wage-and-salary jobs

Connecticut

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
BLS OEWS estimate of massage therapist jobs in Connecticut in May 2025.
Method
BLS OEWS state estimate for SOC 31-9011, Massage Therapists, retrieved from the official BLS public data API.
Limitation
OEWS estimates wage-and-salary jobs, excludes self-employed workers, and is not a license count or practitioner census.
Comparability
Compare only with the same occupation, measure, geography level, and May 2025 OEWS vintage.
Observed or accessed
July 29, 2026
Uncertainty
25.9 percent: BLS-published relative standard error for this state occupation estimate or wage series.

Compensation

Bounded
May 2025 OEWS estimate$29.93/hr

Median hourly wage

Connecticut

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
BLS OEWS median hourly wage for massage therapist jobs in Connecticut in May 2025.
Method
BLS OEWS state estimate for SOC 31-9011, Massage Therapists, retrieved from the official BLS public data API.
Limitation
OEWS estimates wage-and-salary jobs, excludes self-employed workers, and is not a license count or practitioner census.
Comparability
Compare only with the same occupation, measure, geography level, and May 2025 OEWS vintage.
Observed or accessed
July 29, 2026
Uncertainty
5.1 percent: BLS-published relative standard error for this state occupation estimate or wage series.
May 2025 OEWS estimate$62,260

Median annual wage

Connecticut

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
BLS OEWS median annual wage for massage therapist jobs in Connecticut in May 2025.
Method
BLS OEWS state estimate for SOC 31-9011, Massage Therapists, retrieved from the official BLS public data API.
Limitation
OEWS estimates wage-and-salary jobs, excludes self-employed workers, and is not a license count or practitioner census.
Comparability
Compare only with the same occupation, measure, geography level, and May 2025 OEWS vintage.
Observed or accessed
July 29, 2026
Uncertainty
5.1 percent: BLS-published relative standard error for this state occupation estimate or wage series.

Growth and openings

Bounded
2024–2034 long-term projection1,990

Projection base employment

Connecticut

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
Reported 2024 base employment in the state long-term projection.
Method
State-submitted long-term occupation projection distributed through the Projections Managing Partnership system sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Limitation
Projection employment coverage differs from OEWS. Published endpoints are rounded, so the reported numeric and percentage changes must not be recomputed from rounded endpoint values.
Comparability
Compare only within the same state's 2024–2034 projection series and measure; do not equate projection employment with OEWS employment.
Observed or accessed
July 29, 2026
2024–2034 long-term projection2,330

Projected employment

Connecticut

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
Reported 2034 employment in the state long-term projection.
Method
State-submitted long-term occupation projection distributed through the Projections Managing Partnership system sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Limitation
Projection employment coverage differs from OEWS. Published endpoints are rounded, so the reported numeric and percentage changes must not be recomputed from rounded endpoint values.
Comparability
Compare only within the same state's 2024–2034 projection series and measure; do not equate projection employment with OEWS employment.
Observed or accessed
July 29, 2026
2024–2034 long-term projection340

Projected numeric change

Connecticut

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
State-reported numeric employment change across the 2024–2034 projection period.
Method
State-submitted long-term occupation projection distributed through the Projections Managing Partnership system sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Limitation
Projection employment coverage differs from OEWS. Published endpoints are rounded, so the reported numeric and percentage changes must not be recomputed from rounded endpoint values.
Comparability
Compare only within the same state's 2024–2034 projection series and measure; do not equate projection employment with OEWS employment.
Observed or accessed
July 29, 2026
2024–2034 long-term projection17.0%

Projected percentage change

Connecticut

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
State-reported percentage employment change across the 2024–2034 projection period.
Method
State-submitted long-term occupation projection distributed through the Projections Managing Partnership system sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Limitation
Projection employment coverage differs from OEWS. Published endpoints are rounded, so the reported numeric and percentage changes must not be recomputed from rounded endpoint values.
Comparability
Compare only within the same state's 2024–2034 projection series and measure; do not equate projection employment with OEWS employment.
Observed or accessed
July 29, 2026
2024–2034 long-term projection300

Projected annual openings

Connecticut

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
State-reported average annual openings, including growth, exits, and occupational transfers.
Method
State-submitted long-term occupation projection distributed through the Projections Managing Partnership system sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Limitation
Projection employment coverage differs from OEWS. Published endpoints are rounded, so the reported numeric and percentage changes must not be recomputed from rounded endpoint values.
Comparability
Compare only within the same state's 2024–2034 projection series and measure; do not equate projection employment with OEWS employment.
Observed or accessed
July 29, 2026

Population universe: OEWS measures wage-and-salary jobs. Projections Central distributes state long-term occupational projections; its base and projected employment universe is not assumed to match OEWS.

BLS OEWS excludes self-employed workers, which is material in massage therapy.

Workforce source set

Connecticut agencies and data

Official resources

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A selected official starting set, not a complete source ledger.

educationConnecticut career-school authorization and school data

The Office of Higher Education authorizes private career schools and provides school-data and regulatory starting points. The resource is not represented as a current massage-only roster.

Verified July 29, 2026

Sources and updates

Reviewed July 29, 2026

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This guide projects 10 distinct official or first-party source links from the governed records. Earliest scheduled review: October 29, 2026.

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Local business, zoning, facility, and professional rules may apply in addition to statewide requirements. Confirm current requirements with the responsible authority before acting.

Method and sources →Corrections and updates →