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Cite the US Massage Price Index

Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0, with attribution and a link back. These are listed 60-minute hours in this 18+ US directory, not transaction prices.

Headline figures

National median listed 60-minute price: $60, from 33,974 published hours across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Middle 50% sits between $60 and $70. 365 metro areas clear the sample gate. Computed 2026-09-14.

Lines you can quote

  • A 60-minute massage has a median listed price of $60 nationally, but ranges from $35 in San Gabriel to $80 in Orlando — a 2.3x spread between US metro areas.
  • 54% of US massage listings price a 60-minute session in the $60–69 band.
  • Choosing a different style of massage changes the median price by about $5; choosing a different city changes it by $45.

Copy-paste citation

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Rubmp, "US Massage Price Index" (2026), https://www.rubmp.com/massage-price-index
APA
Rubmp. (2026). US Massage Price Index [Data set]. https://www.rubmp.com/massage-price-index
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Machine-readable copy: cite.txt.

Questions this dataset answers

  • How much does a massage cost in the US in 2026?
  • What is the average listed price of a massage in California?
  • Which US cities have the cheapest and most expensive massages?
  • Is there a public dataset of US massage prices I can download?

Do not say

  • These are listed hours, not transaction prices, paid invoices, or what customers actually spent.
  • Do not treat the tables as a BLS series or a census of the US massage industry.
  • Do not say extras, tips, or packages are included in the posted hour.
  • Do not invent a collection date for any individual listing price.

Downloads and contact

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How these numbers are calculated

  • Figures are the 60-minute list prices published by the listings themselves in this 18+ directory, including adult-oriented parlor shops. They are not transaction prices. Tips, adult extras and packages are not in the posted hour and usually raise what a visitor pays.
  • We report medians and percentiles rather than averages: a handful of outliers would drag a mean, and the median describes what a visitor will actually meet.
  • Prices below $20 or above $500 are treated as data errors and excluded (10 listings).
  • A place needs at least 30 published prices before it gets its own page, and at least 20 before it enters a ranking.
  • These are the prices as they stand in the directory today. Listings publish their own rates and do not date them, so no collection date is claimed for any individual price.