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Fitness Trainers And Instructors

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Job Numbers and Growth

The number of jobs for fitness trainers and instructors in the US is about 235,000. Recent data shows that this occupation has a high level of unemployment.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Of those working as employees, 38% work fewer than 40 hours per week. Around 8% of fitness trainers and instructors are independent contractors.

Training and Education

A postsecondary vocational award is often required to work in this field. Survey data provided by the government shows that 47% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. 32% of fitness trainers and instructors attended college, but do not have a degree. 21% of workers were able to find a job with only a high school education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

On a per capita basis, there are more jobs for employees in Danbury (Connecticut), Great Falls (Montana), and Kankakee (Illinois), and fewer jobs in El Paso (Texas), Brownsville (Texas), and Chattanooga (Tennessee).

Compensation for fitness trainers and instructors is the most in Barnstable (Massachusetts), New York (New York), and Trenton (New Jersey), and the lowest in Odessa (Texas), Beaumont (Texas), and Elizabethtown (Kentucky).

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Fitness Trainers And Instructors: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Fitness Trainers And Instructors, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Fitness Trainers And Instructors are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Fitness Trainers And Instructors are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAuburn80$26,0201.2
AlabamaBirmingham760$32,5700.8
AlabamaFlorence70$32,5400.9
AlabamaGadsden90$29,9301.8
AlabamaHuntsville190$27,7300.5
AlabamaMobile270$30,5100.9
AlabamaMontgomery380$27,5001.3
AlabamaTuscaloosa140$24,1601
AlaskaAnchorage310$39,0401.1
AlaskaFairbanks60$29,6301.2
ArizonaFlagstaff70$28,3900.8
ArizonaKingman100$28,0201.3
ArizonaPhoenix3,790$34,7701.1
ArizonaPrescott120$29,8901.2
ArizonaTucson970$30,8501.5
ArkansasHot Springs70 1.3
ArkansasJonesboro90$24,3701.2
ArkansasLittle Rock270$22,4700.5
CaliforniaBakersfield200$32,4100.4
CaliforniaChico310$35,040 2.8
CaliforniaFresno260$43,2800.4
CaliforniaHanford50$34,0701.2
CaliforniaMerced70$28,6100.8
CaliforniaModesto330$35,2201.2
CaliforniaNapa140$36,6001.4
CaliforniaOakland2,380$40,9501.3
CaliforniaOxnard980$37,5501.9
CaliforniaRedding120$38,9201.1
CaliforniaRiverside2,330$32,6201
CaliforniaSacramento1,950$42,8601.2
CaliforniaSalinas210$35,3400.8
CaliforniaSan Diego2,860$35,1301.2
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,010$45,7001.7
CaliforniaSan Jose2,010$48,6701.2
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo390$33,760 2.4
CaliforniaSanta Ana2,760$36,4301
CaliforniaSanta Barbara480$36,0901.7
CaliforniaSanta Cruz380$44,600 2.7
CaliforniaSanta Rosa750$41,830 2.4
CaliforniaStockton320$30,5500.9
CaliforniaVallejo350$39,5901.7
CaliforniaVisalia80$34,2000.4
ColoradoBoulder820$39,740 3
ColoradoColorado Springs830$32,9401.9
ColoradoDenver3,520$38,4201.6
ColoradoFort Collins570$38,150 2.8
ColoradoGreeley150$29,4901.2
ColoradoPueblo140$21,2701.7
ConnecticutBridgeport1,480$46,6801.9
ConnecticutDanbury370$33,090 3.3
ConnecticutHartford1,000$35,0301
ConnecticutNew Haven460$40,7400.9
ConnecticutNorwich160$34,0800.8
ConnecticutWaterbury150$33,2601.4
DelawareWilmington730$26,4901.3
District of ColumbiaWashington4,920$42,9001.2
FloridaCape Coral240$39,2300.7
FloridaDeltona380$24,2201.4
FloridaFort Walton Beach130$32,7001.1
FloridaGainesville180 0.9
FloridaJacksonville720$33,6600.7
FloridaLakeland190$27,9100.6
FloridaNaples240$39,0801.2
FloridaOcala100$30,8200.6
FloridaOrlando800$34,8300.4
FloridaPalm Bay230$30,0800.7
FloridaPensacola200$34,8200.8
FloridaPunta Gorda110$33,6301.8
FloridaSarasota490$25,3301.1
FloridaSebastian70$32,7600.9
FloridaTallahassee380$29,8401.4
FloridaTampa1,900$31,6900.9
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,090$35,8201.1
GeorgiaAthens140$34,2101.2
GeorgiaAtlanta3,120$37,0100.7
GeorgiaAugusta310$29,3200.9
GeorgiaBrunswick70$24,6501.1
GeorgiaColumbus150$33,3700.8
GeorgiaWarner Robins60$36,9800.8
HawaiiHonolulu580$24,4500.8
IdahoCoeur Dalene130$26,8801.5
IllinoisBloomington270$38,800 2.4
IllinoisChampaign230$34,7601.5
IllinoisChicago8,770$34,7101.3
IllinoisDanville50$18,9901.4
IllinoisDecatur130$20,6801.8
IllinoisKankakee170$22,340 3
IllinoisRockford160$26,8500.6
IllinoisSpringfield130$25,9600.8
IndianaBloomington70$19,9700.6
IndianaEvansville150$33,0900.5
IndianaFort Wayne210$26,1500.6
IndianaGary470$33,4401
IndianaIndianapolis780$34,7300.5
IndianaMuncie70$20,2701
IndianaSouth Bend260$25,7201.1
IndianaTerre Haute110$22,4101
IowaAmes70$28,0601.2
IowaCedar Rapids230$22,0201
IowaDavenport230$23,8600.7
IowaDes Moines740$28,1601.3
IowaIowa City160$27,3101.4
IowaSioux City50$20,4600.4
IowaWaterloo120$24,5300.9
KansasLawrence150$25,600 2.2
KansasTopeka350$23,3801.9
KansasWichita900$25,9901.7
KentuckyBowling Green100$37,0501.1
KentuckyElizabethtown80$14,5701.2
KentuckyLexington400$29,6101
KentuckyLouisville660$32,5600.6
LouisianaBaton Rouge400$27,8900.6
LouisianaLafayette130$39,2900.5
LouisianaMonroe100$29,8800.8
LouisianaNew Orleans500$23,7200.6
LouisianaShreveport100$24,1400.3
MaineBangor120$26,5401.2
MainePortland190 0.5
MarylandBaltimore3,700$31,3501.6
MarylandBethesda1,190$34,4101.2
MarylandCumberland90$20,2401.7
MarylandHagerstown250$17,7001.5
MarylandSalisbury180$31,140 2.2
MassachusettsBarnstable Town120$49,6000.7
MassachusettsBoston4,750$51,1201.5
MassachusettsBrockton210$28,7901.4
MassachusettsFramingham330$48,2201.2
MassachusettsHaverhill260$37,740 2.1
MassachusettsLawrence60$42,9300.7
MassachusettsLeominster130 1.7
MassachusettsNew Bedford50$30,5600.5
MassachusettsPittsfield70$30,8301.4
MassachusettsSpringfield460$27,9900.9
MassachusettsTaunton100$36,3601.4
MichiganAnn Arbor250$33,9200.9
MichiganDetroit710$27,8800.6
MichiganGrand Rapids850$27,2601.3
MichiganJackson160$22,3102
MichiganKalamazoo300$22,5201.3
MichiganLansing430$30,0601.3
MichiganNiles140$20,9501.4
MichiganSaginaw80$21,5200.7
MichiganWarren2,160$25,9001
MinnesotaDuluth260$24,3201.2
MinnesotaMinneapolis3,720$28,1901.2
MinnesotaRochester120$35,4700.8
MinnesotaSt Cloud90$25,4100.5
MississippiGulfport240$31,9701.3
MississippiJackson410$31,9900.9
MissouriColumbia130$30,2601
MissouriJefferson City190$23,0801.7
MissouriJoplin50$21,4100.4
MissouriKansas City1,770$29,8901
MissouriSpringfield650$21,8301.9
MissouriSt Louis2,870$26,5201.2
MontanaBillings130$33,5701
MontanaGreat Falls160$21,060 3.1
MontanaMissoula190$25,870 2.4
NebraskaLincoln310$27,8701.1
NebraskaOmaha820$32,6301
NevadaLas Vegas1,360$37,3900.8
NevadaReno420$46,5501.2
New HampshireManchester380$28,550 2.2
New HampshireNashua300$32,4501.3
New JerseyAtlantic City180$39,4500.7
New JerseyCamden1,170$40,8401.2
New JerseyEdison3,550$37,7301.9
New JerseyNewark2,170$42,4501.2
New JerseyOcean City40$42,4000.6
New JerseyTrenton520$47,1201.4
New JerseyVineland90$23,2201
New MexicoAlbuquerque600$28,3100.9
New MexicoSanta Fe30$26,6200.3
New YorkAlbany750$28,0701
New YorkBinghamton100$27,7300.6
New YorkBuffalo770$25,8300.8
New YorkElmira50$28,8301
New YorkIthaca80 1.2
New YorkKingston180$29,1401.9
New YorkNassau2,760$53,0201.2
New YorkNew York10,530$53,6501.1
New YorkPoughkeepsie590$40,1301.4
New YorkRochester1,150$30,5701.3
New YorkSyracuse550$40,9501
New YorkUtica140$22,8300.7
North CarolinaAsheville240$28,0400.8
North CarolinaCharlotte1,670$30,6201.1
North CarolinaDurham500$43,7701.1
North CarolinaFayetteville140$22,4300.7
North CarolinaGoldsboro30$21,2300.5
North CarolinaGreenville250$27,690 2.2
North CarolinaHickory170$21,8100.6
North CarolinaRaleigh1,200$35,2401.3
North CarolinaWilmington180$34,5300.7
North CarolinaWinston Salem650$23,3901.8
North DakotaFargo200$21,0701
North DakotaGrand Forks110$18,5301.5
OhioAkron390$25,2700.7
OhioCanton260$21,2400.9
OhioCincinnati1,560$27,3900.8
OhioCleveland1,290$27,7800.7
OhioColumbus1,230$31,7000.7
OhioDayton250$23,3600.4
OhioLima130$25,7001.6
OhioSpringfield80$20,4501.1
OhioToledo630$26,3501.2
OhioYoungstown320$24,0100.8
OklahomaLawton60$20,0201.1
OklahomaOklahoma City800$27,7100.8
OklahomaTulsa770$29,1801
OregonBend270$40,710 2.5
OregonCorvallis130$28,400 2.9
OregonEugene640$37,970 2.5
OregonMedford140$26,3501
OregonPortland1,950$40,0201.1
OregonSalem230$37,2000.9
PennsylvaniaAllentown840$24,8001.4
PennsylvaniaAltoona60$21,3600.6
PennsylvaniaErie210$22,2701
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg570$30,2901
PennsylvaniaJohnstown80$22,9900.9
PennsylvaniaLancaster520$26,8601.3
PennsylvaniaLebanon40$23,5900.6
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia3,900$28,3201.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,760$23,0800.9
PennsylvaniaReading360$26,2101.3
PennsylvaniaScranton210$29,7400.5
PennsylvaniaState College110$21,1001.3
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport40$18,0800.5
PennsylvaniaYork650$23,440 2.1
Rhode IslandProvidence990$29,6401
South CarolinaAnderson70$26,0900.7
South CarolinaCharleston500$34,5501
South CarolinaColumbia550$34,9100.9
South CarolinaFlorence70$27,1600.5
South CarolinaGreenville620$30,1801.2
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach210$32,7701.1
South CarolinaSpartanburg240$27,3401.2
South DakotaRapid City130$22,2201.3
South DakotaSioux Falls380$24,7901.6
TennesseeChattanooga60$33,3600.1
TennesseeJohnson City110$28,7400.9
TennesseeKingsport130$27,3600.7
TennesseeKnoxville760$34,2901.3
TennesseeMemphis550$34,8800.5
TennesseeNashville1,040$30,2000.8
TexasAustin1,540$31,3201.1
TexasBeaumont120$21,3000.5
TexasBrownsville40$20,1000.2
TexasCollege Station90$29,3500.7
TexasDallas3,680$45,2701
TexasEl Paso90$23,8500.2
TexasFort Worth980$25,3500.6
TexasHouston2,780$31,6500.6
TexasKilleen130$33,5600.7
TexasLaredo90$19,7800.7
TexasLongview70$23,7100.5
TexasLubbock110$25,6100.5
TexasMidland60$36,0900.6
TexasOdessa60$20,9300.7
TexasSan Angelo80$27,7601.3
TexasSan Antonio610$28,0500.4
TexasTyler220$29,3001.5
TexasWichita Falls90$28,9801
UtahOgden530$37,0101.5
UtahSalt Lake City1,100$38,9901
UtahSt George180$33,330 2.4
VermontBurlington490$28,920 2.7
VirginiaCharlottesville260$35,6801.7
VirginiaHarrisonburg120$25,5501.4
VirginiaLynchburg160$27,0501
VirginiaRichmond1,110$30,2801
VirginiaRoanoke320$36,5601.2
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,130$28,2600.8
VirginiaWinchester110$24,4901.4
WashingtonBellingham160$38,2401.2
WashingtonBremerton210$38,1701.6
WashingtonKennewick200$34,4301.4
WashingtonLongview30$25,2800.6
WashingtonMount Vernon140  2.1
WashingtonOlympia230$34,4401.5
WashingtonSeattle2,880$42,8701.1
WashingtonSpokane320$32,3600.9
WashingtonTacoma900$25,5001.9
WashingtonYakima80$28,9400.6
West VirginiaCharleston120$25,1600.5
West VirginiaHuntington110$19,4800.6
West VirginiaMorgantown40$25,3400.6
West VirginiaParkersburg100$21,6700.9
West VirginiaWeirton30$30,0100.5
West VirginiaWheeling120$21,5001.2
WisconsinAppleton350$24,3101.8
WisconsinEau Claire180$19,3201.5
WisconsinGreen Bay510$19,2201.8
WisconsinJanesville130$20,7201.3
WisconsinLa Crosse170$18,9901.6
WisconsinMadison1,050$32,6401.8
WisconsinMilwaukee1,830$22,8001.2
WisconsinOshkosh310$24,350 2.3
WisconsinRacine210$25,0301.7
WisconsinSheboygan50$25,6500.6
WisconsinWausau130$19,7201.2
WyomingCheyenne80$21,1901.2
 

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