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Delaware State Guide

Massage Therapy in Delaware

Explore Delaware 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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Details worth confirming

2 reviewed licensing details should be confirmed before applying or renewing in Delaware. The licensing record preserves the detailed caution and official context.

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  • RenewalBounded
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Delaware licensing

Licensing overview

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State licensed massage therapist credential required

State credentials do not replace generally applicable local business, zoning, premises, health, or safety requirements.

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Regulatory model
State licensed massage therapist credential required
Verified

Compact statewide or local regulatory orientation; detailed legal treatment remains in the licensing record.

Regulator
Delaware Board of Massage and Bodywork
Verified

Current state or local authority identified in the licensing record.

Credential
Licensed Massage Therapist
Verified

Credential title from the canonical licensing record.

Minimum education
625 hours
Verified

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

Examination
MBLEx; Legacy certification evidence
Review needed

Reviewed official sources conflict or include superseded wording; confirm the current detail in the licensing record.

Renewal
Massage therapist licenses renew biennially and expire August 31 of even-numbered years.
Verified

Renewal cadence only; deadlines, fees, and mechanics remain in the licensing record.

Continuing education
24 hours · Twenty-four hours are earned within the two-year renewal cycle.
Verified

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

Education

Massage education in Delaware

Bounded

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

Legal entry requirement

625 hours

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

Official education starting points

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educationDelaware approved private business and trade schools

The Department of Education publishes the current private business and trade school oversight page and approved-school inventory, including massage-education context. Annual approval does not by itself verify each program's current first-party hours.

Selected MassageData program records

Bounded

No individual program record cleared this review. That is not evidence that Delaware 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

Bounded

Legal requirement finding

No statewide practitioner professional-liability insurance mandate was identified in Delaware Code chapter 53, the active Board rule, or the current application requirements.

The reviewed sources do not support a universal legal conclusion. 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

Bounded

Legal CE orientation

24 hours · Twenty-four hours are earned within the two-year renewal cycle.

Verified

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 Delaware. Legal renewal and continuing-education requirements remain in the licensing record.

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Official CE starting points

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Delaware Board — Continuing Education and Audit InformationOpen official resource ↗

Workforce data

Delaware workforce outlook

Bounded

BLS May 2025 OEWS estimates 230 wage-and-salary massage therapist jobs in Delaware; this is not a license count or practitioner census.

Employment

Bounded
May 2025 OEWS estimate230

Estimated wage-and-salary jobs

Delaware

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
BLS OEWS estimate of massage therapist jobs in Delaware 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
26 percent: BLS-published relative standard error for this state occupation estimate or wage series.

Compensation

Bounded
May 2025 OEWS estimate$28.30/hr

Median hourly wage

Delaware

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
BLS OEWS median hourly wage for massage therapist jobs in Delaware 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
5.9 percent: BLS-published relative standard error for this state occupation estimate or wage series.
May 2025 OEWS estimate$58,870

Median annual wage

Delaware

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
BLS OEWS median annual wage for massage therapist jobs in Delaware 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
5.9 percent: BLS-published relative standard error for this state occupation estimate or wage series.

Growth and openings

Not yet reviewed

Growth and openings data has not yet been reviewed for public projection.

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

Delaware agencies and data

Official resources

Bounded

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

educationDelaware approved private business and trade schools

The Department of Education publishes the current private business and trade school oversight page and approved-school inventory, including massage-education context. Annual approval does not by itself verify each program's current first-party hours.

Verified July 29, 2026

Sources and updates

Reviewed July 29, 2026

Verified

This guide projects 12 distinct official or first-party source links from the governed records. Earliest scheduled review: August 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.

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