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[quote=Anonymous]I am a massage therapist, and I truly like the person that reminded us that a good massage therapist will not do more than 20 hours of massage in a week, and may not always be at full capacity due to scheduling issues. (A lot of clients tend to want massages around the same times. i.e. after work or on weekends. -- This means no leisure time for the therapist)

Another question I saw come up. Owner vs employee. First, rarely are massage therapists employees. Spas use loopholes to get out of paying taxes on the therapists. Second, as an owner, one of two things happens. They either pay a spot price for the room where they may pay about 50% the cost of the massage to the facility. Or they rent at a flat rate if they are paying a flat rate, they do not have the benefit of a dozen employees paying for the overhead from rent to marketing to other expenses.

-- Please note that while a self employed therapist sets there own rates, they really would like to keep prices affordable, and frequently, tipping becomes the sliding scale, and by not tipping, you may force the rates higher for all if not tipping becomes the norm.

To give a monetary figure is a fluctuating price point as inflation changes the percentage changes, and the amount eventually should change.

A typical tip is $5-35, and may be generally $10 more for a ninety minute massage. 
That rate is 15-35%  I'd say 80% fall in that range. Half of all clients pay 20-25%

I use square for my credit card processing, and give 3 default suggestions and the option for a custom amount. 15-20-25%, and most people choose 25%. Most being at least 8 of 10 people.

People like round numbers. Back when I was charging $65 I was getting $80 almost every time. When the recession hit back in 2008, tips went down. Suddenly I lost a few dollars an hour. I would rather work less, and it forced me to raise my rates to $75. The overall number of hours of massage I was doing didn't change much. Some clients left some new ones filled there spots. I continued to get about $80 for each hour massage, and occasionally $100. As the prices stabilized, $100 has become more typical.

As for a ninety minute massage, I typically get $120 or $140 for the session after tip.

I stopped advertising a full hour massage years ago. Because I work at so many facilities that don't do full hours it was easier to pace myself on a more typical setup. (Spas and Medical offices typically do clinical hours. . .  with some not even getting 50 minutes of work) Plus, some people are so much work, that 50 minutes of super deep work is the same as an hour on an easy person. If you have a lot of issues, and are getting spa prices, while you may not get the fluf, consider giving more for the medical aspect.

Medical massage. Remember that medical massages are often flat rate, but higher priced. If you are not paying medical prices, keep that in mind.
While actual prices vary, and are actually charged or paid at discounted rates, these are typical 100% insurance billed rates... you can select your price adjusted area:

Search codes 27124 (Swedish/spa style massage) and 97140 (deep tissue, trigger point therapy, medical grade massage)  
In my area, the deep tissue is about 30 for every 15 minutes, after a 20% discount, thats about $95 for a 58-62 minute massage at a medical facility or $70 for a 43-47 minute massage

https://www.cms.gov/apps/physician-fee-schedule/license-agreement.aspx
https://ocm.ama-assn.org/OCM/CPTRelativeValueSearch.do?submitbutton=accept[/quote]

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