Massage therapy

ok my question is how is everything going with massage therapist and their annual income at this point of time with the economy? Are the clients consistent? I wanted to go to school for massage therapy but worried if I will come out making the money I...

really wanna make. I dont want to go to school and rack up all the loans and come out making no money. I want to make sure its gonna be worth my time. I dont expect to make a certain amount coming out of school compared to someone wos been in the field 5-10 years, but want to be reassured that I will certainly eventually make the kinda money I want to make. I personally want to work in a high end spa in a great area and would like to take a lot of clients through out the day. Are people coming for these services with the economy the way it is? The thing that has discouraged me a little are people telling me not to b/c of the economy and one massage therapist actually was not making enough money in my eyes. I would like to at least make 40k plus. I hope I can hear what I wanna hear, cause this is the field I've been wanting to persue for a long time.

It really depends on where you do it -
So far I've heard the course is quite difficult, I knew a couple of people who took it and it didn't allow them to have a life because it was homework and class all of the time, that's a down-fall depending on your life really. The other thing a nurse at the hospital told me is that massage therapy is really difficult to get a placement for because it's really not the type of profession that's in need, also it doesn't pay that great. It's hard to get a good job unless you have the right connections or make it big, that doesn't happen often.

It depends how much you want it.