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Michigan State Guide

Massage Therapy in Michigan

Explore Michigan 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 Michigan. The licensing record preserves the detailed caution and official context.

  • Continuing educationBounded
  • Licensing updateBounded
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Michigan licensing

Licensing overview

Bounded

State massage therapist license required

Local zoning, occupancy, building, and general business rules may apply. The reviewed LARA materials did not establish a separate statewide massage-establishment license.

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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
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Board of Massage Therapy
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; Qualifying legacy NCETMB
Bounded

Examination acceptance depends on the reviewed pathway.

Renewal
Michigan massage therapist licenses renew every three years.
Verified

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

Continuing education
18 hours · The 18-hour requirement aligns with the three-year renewal cycle.
Bounded

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

Practice and risk

Insurance considerations

Bounded

Legal requirement finding

The reviewed LARA licensing guide and massage profession page did not identify a general statewide professional-liability insurance minimum for every massage therapist. This does not resolve employers, leases, events, contracts, facilities, or local 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

Compare covered modalities, exclusions, defense costs, policy form, prior-acts treatment, and territorial limits.

General liability addresses premises and third-party risks distinct from professional treatment claims.

  • A missing statewide minimum is not a conclusion that coverage is unnecessary.
  • Confirm local operating requirements separately.

Questions for an insurer

  • Which modalities and locations are covered?
  • Are defense costs inside or outside policy limits?

Continuing education

Legal orientation and official starting points

Bounded

Legal CE orientation

18 hours · The 18-hour requirement aligns with the three-year renewal cycle.

Bounded

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

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

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Official CE starting points

Bounded
Michigan LARA massage therapy licensing guideOpen official resource ↗

Workforce data

Michigan workforce outlook

Bounded

May 2025 BLS OEWS data presented by the U.S. Department of Labor estimate 2,410 wage-and-salary massage therapist jobs in Michigan. This is not a license count or practitioner census.

Employment

Bounded
May 2025 OEWS estimate2,410

Estimated wage-and-salary jobs

Michigan

Definition, limits, and sources
Definition
BLS OEWS estimate of massage therapist jobs in Michigan in May 2025.
Method
Reported in the U.S. Department of Labor CareerOneStop state table sourced from BLS OEWS May 2025.
Limitation
OEWS excludes self-employed workers and estimates jobs rather than active licenses or all practitioners.
Comparability
Compare only with the same OEWS occupation, measure, geography level, and vintage.
Observed or accessed
July 25, 2026

Compensation

Not yet reviewed

Compensation data has not yet been reviewed for public projection.

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 by occupation.

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

Workforce source set

Michigan agencies and data

Official resources

Bounded

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

licensingMichigan LARA Massage Therapy

Official Michigan entry point for massage therapist licensing, renewal, rules, forms, fees, and rulemaking notices.

Verified July 25, 2026

Sources and updates

Reviewed July 25, 2026

Review needed

This guide projects 6 distinct official or first-party source links from the governed records. Earliest scheduled review: August 25, 2026.

A scheduled review date has passed for: State Guide, Licensing, Continuing education, Official resources. Confirm time-sensitive details before acting.

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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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