Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
United States. Estimated employment 322,930, with pages for 23 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 39-9031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
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$47,160 · 50th
$28,80010th
$35,28025th
$47,16050th
$61,73075th
$83,10090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa, CA | $62,500 | 780 |
| San Jose, CA | $62,010 | 2,740 |
| San Francisco, CA | $61,000 | 6,820 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $60,580 | 370 |
| Salinas, CA | $59,910 | 330 |
| Vallejo, CA | $59,720 | 370 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $57,630 | 16,350 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $53,630 | 560 |
| New York, NY | $53,580 | 22,970 |
| Rochester, NY | $49,330 | 1,160 |
| Buffalo, NY | $47,920 | 830 |
| Kingston, NY | $47,840 | 100 |
| Chicago, IL | $47,680 | 16,350 |
| Ithaca, NY | $47,670 | 150 |
| Binghamton, NY | $46,910 | 150 |
| Washington, DC | $46,190 | 10,440 |
| Syracuse, NY | $45,200 | 510 |
| Peoria, IL | $43,900 | 510 |
| Champaign, IL | $42,870 | 290 |
| Bloomington, IL | $39,720 | 310 |
| Rockford, IL | $37,290 | 410 |
| Springfield, IL | $36,060 | 260 |
| Decatur, IL | $31,200 | 110 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 322,930 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 39-9031, Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors. Mapped to our taxonomy as exercise-trainers-and-group-fitness-instructors.
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