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Idaho State Guide

Massage Therapy in Idaho

Explore Idaho 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

1 reviewed licensing detail should be confirmed before applying or renewing in Idaho. The licensing record preserves the detailed caution and official context.

  • Continuing educationBounded
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Idaho licensing

Licensing overview

Bounded

State massage therapist license required

Idaho Code section 54-4015 preempts local professional licensing qualifications while preserving generally applicable business, zoning, public-health, and safety regulation.

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Regulatory model
State massage therapist license required
Verified

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

Regulator
Idaho State Board of Massage Therapy, Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses
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
500 hours
Verified

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

Examination
MBLEx or named legacy national examination
Bounded

Examination acceptance depends on the reviewed pathway.

Renewal
DOPL moved massage licenses to a two-year birthday-based cycle beginning May 19, 2025, using an even- and odd-birth-year transition.
Verified

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

Continuing education
No statewide recurring CE requirement
Bounded

The reviewed finding is bounded; confirm the current detail in the licensing record.

Education

Massage education in Idaho

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

Legal entry requirement

500 hours

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

Official education starting points

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educationIdaho registered proprietary-school listing

The Idaho State Board of Education publishes the registered proprietary-school list and DOPL links to that regulator for private proprietary schools. The list is an oversight resource, not a claim that every listed school offers a current massage program.

Selected MassageData program records

Bounded

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

No statewide practitioner professional-liability insurance mandate was identified in Idaho Code chapter 40, IDAPA 24.27.01, or the current Board licensing page.

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

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Legal CE orientation

No statewide recurring CE requirement

Bounded

The reviewed finding is bounded; confirm the current detail in the licensing record.

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

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Official CE starting points

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Idaho DOPL — Board of Massage TherapyOpen official resource ↗

Workforce data

Idaho workforce outlook

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BLS May 2025 OEWS estimates 170 wage-and-salary massage therapist jobs in Idaho; this is not a license count or practitioner census.

Employment

Bounded
May 2025 OEWS estimate170

Estimated wage-and-salary jobs

Idaho

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

Compensation

Bounded
May 2025 OEWS estimate$29.05/hr

Median hourly wage

Idaho

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
BLS OEWS median hourly wage for massage therapist jobs in Idaho 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
7 percent: BLS-published relative standard error for this state occupation estimate or wage series.
May 2025 OEWS estimate$60,420

Median annual wage

Idaho

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

Growth and openings

Bounded
2024–2034 long-term projection280

Projection base employment

Idaho

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 projection370

Projected employment

Idaho

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 projection90

Projected numeric change

Idaho

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 projection31.3%

Projected percentage change

Idaho

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 projection50

Projected annual openings

Idaho

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

Idaho agencies and data

Official resources

Bounded

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

educationIdaho registered proprietary-school listing

The Idaho State Board of Education publishes the registered proprietary-school list and DOPL links to that regulator for private proprietary schools. The list is an oversight resource, not a claim that every listed school offers a current massage program.

Verified July 29, 2026

Sources and updates

Reviewed July 29, 2026

Verified

This guide projects 11 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.

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