Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
Education and TrainingO*NET 11-9179.01United States
Manage or coordinate fitness and wellness programs and services. Manage and train staff of wellness specialists, health educators, or fitness instructors.
- Median annual earnings
- $38,040
- Projected change
- +20.8%
- Typical education
- Master's or Professional degree
- Employment
- 39.93K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
50% of the workforce
Growing to 48.25K by 2035
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The work
What fitness and wellness coordinators do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Maintain wellness- and fitness-related schedules, records, or reports.
- Develop or coordinate fitness and wellness programs or services.
- Recommend or approve new program or service offerings to promote wellness and fitness, produce revenues, or minimize costs.
- Manage or oversee fitness or recreation facilities, ensuring safe and clean facilities and equipment.
- Track attendance, participation, or performance data related to wellness events.
- Supervise fitness or wellness specialists, such as fitness instructors, nutritionists, or health educators.
- Conduct or facilitate training sessions or seminars for wellness and fitness staff.
- Maintain or arrange for maintenance of fitness equipment or facilities.
- Prepare or implement budgets and strategic, operational, purchasing, or maintenance plans.
- Evaluate fitness and wellness programs to determine their effectiveness.
- Develop fitness or wellness classes, such as yoga, aerobics, strength training, or aquatics, ensuring a diversity of class offerings.
- Conduct needs assessments or surveys to determine interest in, or satisfaction with, wellness and fitness programs, events, or services.
- Demonstrate proper operation of fitness equipment, such as resistance machines, cardio machines, free weights, or fitness assessment devices.
- Teach fitness classes to improve strength, flexibility, cardiovascular conditioning, or general fitness of participants.
- Develop marketing campaigns to promote a healthy lifestyle or participation in fitness or wellness programs.
- Select or supervise contractors, such as event hosts or health, fitness, and wellness practitioners.
- Track cost-containment strategies and programs to evaluate effectiveness.
- Provide individual support or counseling in general wellness or nutrition.
- Use computer skills and software to manage Web sites or databases, publish newsletters, or provide webinars.
- Respond to customer, public, or media requests for information about wellness programs or services.
- Organize and oversee fitness or wellness programs, such as information presentations, blood drives, or training in first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
- Organize and oversee events such as organized runs or walks.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $17,057
- 25th percentile
- $25,177
- 50th percentile
- $38,040
- 75th percentile
- $60,925
- 90th percentile
- $113,497
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $38,040 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+20.8%much faster than average
202539,934 jobs
2035 projected48,254 jobs
8,320 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Master's or Professional degree
- 50%
- Bachelor's degree
- 42.3%
- High school diploma or less
- 3.9%
- Associate degree
- 3.9%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Fitness Managers777 postings
- 02Wellness Coaches667 postings
- 03Studio Managers342 postings
- 04Fitness Coordinators327 postings
- 05Fitness Directors308 postings
- 06Gym Managers235 postings
- 07Wellness Directors231 postings
- 08General Sales Managers204 postings
- 09Wellness Coordinators185 postings
- 10Health and Wellness Coaches147 postings
- 11Health and Wellness Directors146 postings
- 12Group Fitness Managers144 postings
- 13Health and Wellness Managers136 postings
- 14Managers-in-Training130 postings
- 15Group Fitness Coordinators99 postings
- 16Fitness Supervisors97 postings
- 17Trainers91 postings
- 18Assistant General Managers78 postings
- 19Fitness Center Managers72 postings
- 20Membership Managers71 postings
Top employers
- 01YMCA444 postings
- 02Planet Fitness304 postings
- 03Anytime Fitness261 postings
- 04Crunch Fitness Canada152 postings
- 05Vasa Fitness115 postings
- 06Eos Fitness114 postings
- 07LA Fitness112 postings
- 08UFC Gym98 postings
- 09Brookdale Senior Living91 postings
- 10Cape Fox Shared Services90 postings
- 11Edge Fitness Clubs87 postings
- 12Life Time79 postings
- 13Colleyville Lifetime Fitness74 postings
- 1424 Hour Fitness67 postings
- 15Onelife66 postings
- 16Orangetheory Fitness62 postings
- 17Concentric Methods53 postings
- 18Trufit Athletic Clubs52 postings
- 19Edge Fitness49 postings
- 20Genesis Health Clubs47 postings
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