Personal Trainer Career Salary

Career as Personal Trainer:

Professional trainer’s carries out health and fitness program. They help people how to achieve fitness goals by advising; giving exercises and recommends proper diet.

Nearly the entire personal trainers & exercise trainers works in health clubs, physical fitness facilities, and centers, mainly in the amusement and recreation industry or in civic and social organizations.

They instruct their clients by different types of activities which includes:

• Aerobic exercise
• Cardiovascular exercise
• Weight maintenance training
• Strength gain exercise
• Stretching methods.

Salary Structure:

Generally, the salary of a personal trainer is calculated in terms of hourly rates.

Salary as per years of experience (hourly rate):

For less than one year, median salary of a personal trainer is $11.80, in next 1-4 years it is raised up to $14.50. When the trainers are having five to nine years of experience he is entitled with the salary near around $19.70. After exceeding 18 years of experience the trainer is been paid around $21.66 as per hourly rates, whereas 20 plus experienced trainers get $25.28.

Salary by city:

New York: $40.00
Chicago: $17.00
Phoenix: $15.60
Dallas: $32.00
Houston: $15.00
San Diego: $21.00

Salary by Certification:

The people who have done certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) get hourly rate salary of $17.95. Having Specialization in First Aid, trainer is remunerated with $17.60 which is less than CPR. Certified Athletic Trainer are paid $17.45, American Council on Exercise (ACE) having salary around $19.69. Certified Health Education Specialist gets $18.20.

Salary by Industry (hourly rate):

The salary rate changes as per the industry, in fitness club the salary is $17.46, community center provides the hourly salary of $21.50 whereas, and health services give $15.00 as hourly rate salary. Salary offered by park/recreation is dollar 20.00, for residential care they get $13.50 and finally college education, universities provide $17.50 as hourly rate of salary.

Salary by degree:

As per the degree the individuals who do exercise science get $16.75, Bachelor of Arts (BA) are having $19.0 as hourly rate of salary and Bachelor of Science people are remunerated with hourly rate of $13.32. Personal trainers who have done BA in communications get around $22.00 which is the maximum of all degree. Certified personal fitness trainers are liable of having $12.43 and trainer having only high school diploma are entitled by $21.90.

Bonus by years of experience:

For less than and up to one year experience the bonus paid to trainer is $491. When there is four years of experience he/she is getting bonus of around $204, whereas for more than five years till nine years the bonus rate is $497. After 18 years of experience the bonus is raised by $503 and for more than twenty years its $200.

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