Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Music Therapists make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Music Therapists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $29590 to $37220 per year or $14 to $18 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Music Therapist will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of a Music Therapist to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do Music Therapists make with other careers, they have a salary rank of C.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$37	$77050
Senior (Top 25%)	$30	$61630
Middle (Mid 50%)	$23	$47860
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$18	$37220
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$14	$29590

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
CA	$ 36	$ 75,810
DC	$ 33	$ 68,430
WA	$ 29	$ 59,860
CT	$ 29	$ 59,450
NV	$ 28	$ 58,480
NJ	$ 28	$ 58,220
MA	$ 27	$ 55,570
HI	$ 27	$ 55,470
OR	$ 27	$ 55,410
NY	$ 27	$ 55,370

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Music Therapist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Music Therapists are in the states of CA, DC, WA, CT and NV.

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http://www.bls.gov/OOH/healthcare/recreational-therapists.htm

http://www.musictherapy.org/