Fitness Teacher Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There are an estimated 235,000 fitness teachers nationally. Recent data shows the joblessness for workers is high compared to other jobs. An estimated 5% of employees were not able to find a job in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

The highest density of fitness teachers are found in Danbury (Connecticut), Great Falls (Montana), and Kankakee (Illinois). The lowest density occurs around El Paso (Texas), Brownsville (Texas), and Chattanooga (Tennessee).

Compensation for workers is highst in Barnstable (Massachusetts), New York (New York), and Trenton (New Jersey), and is the lowest in Odessa (Texas), Beaumont (Texas), and Elizabethtown (Kentucky).

Training and Education

Employers tend to prefer to hire employees that have a postsecondary vocational award. in 47% of cases, fitness teachers have four year degrees or better. Among workers 32% pursued some additional career education without completing a bachelor's degree. In 21% of cases, employees have 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Fitness teachers working part-time are about 38% of the total. About 8% of workers work on their own.

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Fitness Teachers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of fitness teachers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for fitness teachers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$33,000	760
Montgomery	$28,000	380
Mobile	$31,000	270
Huntsville	$28,000	190
Tuscaloosa	$24,000	140
Gadsden	$30,000	90
Auburn	$26,000	80
Florence	$33,000	70

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$39,000	310
Fairbanks	$30,000	60

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$35,000	3,790
Tucson	$31,000	970
Prescott	$30,000	120
Kingman	$28,000	100
Flagstaff	$28,000	70

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$22,000	270
Jonesboro	$24,000	90
Hot Springs		70

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
San Francisco	$46,000	3,010
San Diego	$35,000	2,860
Santa Ana	$36,000	2,760
Oakland	$41,000	2,380
Riverside	$33,000	2,330
San Jose	$49,000	2,010
Sacramento	$43,000	1,950
Oxnard	$38,000	980
Santa Rosa	$42,000	750
Santa Barbara	$36,000	480
San Luis Obispo	$34,000	390
Santa Cruz	$45,000	380
Vallejo	$40,000	350
Modesto	$35,000	330
Stockton	$31,000	320
Chico	$35,000	310
Fresno	$43,000	260
Salinas	$35,000	210
Bakersfield	$32,000	200
Napa	$37,000	140
Redding	$39,000	120
Visalia	$34,000	80
Merced	$29,000	70
Hanford	$34,000	50

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$38,000	3,520
Colorado Springs	$33,000	830
Boulder	$40,000	820
Fort Collins	$38,000	570
Greeley	$29,000	150
Pueblo	$21,000	140

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Bridgeport	$47,000	1,480
Hartford	$35,000	1,000
New Haven	$41,000	460
Danbury	$33,000	370
Norwich	$34,000	160
Waterbury	$33,000	150

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$26,000	730

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$43,000	4,920

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$32,000	1,900
West Palm Beach	$36,000	1,090
Orlando	$35,000	800
Jacksonville	$34,000	720
Sarasota	$25,000	490
Deltona	$24,000	380
Tallahassee	$30,000	380
Cape Coral	$39,000	240
Naples	$39,000	240
Palm Bay	$30,000	230
Pensacola	$35,000	200
Lakeland	$28,000	190
Gainesville		180
Fort Walton Beach	$33,000	130
Punta Gorda	$34,000	110
Ocala	$31,000	100
Sebastian	$33,000	70

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$37,000	3,120
Augusta	$29,000	310
Columbus	$33,000	150
Athens	$34,000	140
Brunswick	$25,000	70
Warner Robins	$37,000	60

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$24,000	580

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Coeur Dalene	$27,000	130

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$35,000	8,770
Bloomington	$39,000	270
Champaign	$35,000	230
Kankakee	$22,000	170
Rockford	$27,000	160
Springfield	$26,000	130
Decatur	$21,000	130
Danville	$19,000	50

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$35,000	780
Gary	$33,000	470
South Bend	$26,000	260
Fort Wayne	$26,000	210
Evansville	$33,000	150
Terre Haute	$22,000	110
Bloomington	$20,000	70
Muncie	$20,000	70

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$28,000	740
Cedar Rapids	$22,000	230
Davenport	$24,000	230
Iowa City	$27,000	160
Waterloo	$25,000	120
Ames	$28,000	70
Sioux City	$20,000	50

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$26,000	900
Topeka	$23,000	350
Lawrence	$26,000	150

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$33,000	660
Lexington	$30,000	400
Bowling Green	$37,000	100
Elizabethtown	$15,000	80

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$24,000	500
Baton Rouge	$28,000	400
Lafayette	$39,000	130
Shreveport	$24,000	100
Monroe	$30,000	100

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland		190
Bangor	$27,000	120

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$31,000	3,700
Bethesda	$34,000	1,190
Hagerstown	$18,000	250
Salisbury	$31,000	180
Cumberland	$20,000	90

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$51,000	4,750
Springfield	$28,000	460
Framingham	$48,000	330
Haverhill	$38,000	260
Brockton	$29,000	210
Leominster		130
Barnstable Town	$50,000	120
Taunton	$36,000	100
Pittsfield	$31,000	70
Lawrence	$43,000	60
New Bedford	$31,000	50

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$26,000	2,160
Grand Rapids	$27,000	850
Detroit	$28,000	710
Lansing	$30,000	430
Kalamazoo	$23,000	300
Ann Arbor	$34,000	250
Jackson	$22,000	160
Niles	$21,000	140
Saginaw	$22,000	80

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$28,000	3,720
Duluth	$24,000	260
Rochester	$35,000	120
St Cloud	$25,000	90

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$32,000	410
Gulfport	$32,000	240

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$27,000	2,870
Kansas City	$30,000	1,770
Springfield	$22,000	650
Jefferson City	$23,000	190
Columbia	$30,000	130
Joplin	$21,000	50

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Missoula	$26,000	190
Great Falls	$21,000	160
Billings	$34,000	130

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$33,000	820
Lincoln	$28,000	310

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$37,000	1,360
Reno	$47,000	420

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Manchester	$29,000	380
Nashua	$32,000	300

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$38,000	3,550
Newark	$42,000	2,170
Camden	$41,000	1,170
Trenton	$47,000	520
Atlantic City	$39,000	180
Vineland	$23,000	90
Ocean City	$42,000	40

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$28,000	600
Santa Fe	$27,000	30

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$54,000	10,530
Nassau	$53,000	2,760
Rochester	$31,000	1,150
Buffalo	$26,000	770
Albany	$28,000	750
Poughkeepsie	$40,000	590
Syracuse	$41,000	550
Kingston	$29,000	180
Utica	$23,000	140
Binghamton	$28,000	100
Ithaca		80
Elmira	$29,000	50

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$31,000	1,670
Raleigh	$35,000	1,200
Winston Salem	$23,000	650
Durham	$44,000	500
Greenville	$28,000	250
Asheville	$28,000	240
Wilmington	$35,000	180
Hickory	$22,000	170
Fayetteville	$22,000	140
Goldsboro	$21,000	30

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$21,000	200
Grand Forks	$19,000	110

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cincinnati	$27,000	1,560
Cleveland	$28,000	1,290
Columbus	$32,000	1,230
Toledo	$26,000	630
Akron	$25,000	390
Youngstown	$24,000	320
Canton	$21,000	260
Dayton	$23,000	250
Lima	$26,000	130
Springfield	$20,000	80

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$28,000	800
Tulsa	$29,000	770
Lawton	$20,000	60

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$40,000	1,950
Eugene	$38,000	640
Bend	$41,000	270
Salem	$37,000	230
Medford	$26,000	140
Corvallis	$28,000	130

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$28,000	3,900
Pittsburgh	$23,000	1,760
Allentown	$25,000	840
York	$23,000	650
Harrisburg	$30,000	570
Lancaster	$27,000	520
Reading	$26,000	360
Erie	$22,000	210
Scranton	$30,000	210
State College	$21,000	110
Johnstown	$23,000	80
Altoona	$21,000	60
Williamsport	$18,000	40
Lebanon	$24,000	40

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$30,000	990

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Greenville	$30,000	620
Columbia	$35,000	550
Charleston	$35,000	500
Spartanburg	$27,000	240
Myrtle Beach	$33,000	210
Florence	$27,000	70
Anderson	$26,000	70

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$25,000	380
Rapid City	$22,000	130

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$30,000	1,040
Knoxville	$34,000	760
Memphis	$35,000	550
Kingsport	$27,000	130
Johnson City	$29,000	110
Chattanooga	$33,000	60

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Dallas	$45,000	3,680
Houston	$32,000	2,780
Austin	$31,000	1,540
Fort Worth	$25,000	980
San Antonio	$28,000	610
Tyler	$29,000	220
Killeen	$34,000	130
Beaumont	$21,000	120
Lubbock	$26,000	110
Wichita Falls	$29,000	90
El Paso	$24,000	90
Laredo	$20,000	90
College Station	$29,000	90
San Angelo	$28,000	80
Longview	$24,000	70
Odessa	$21,000	60
Midland	$36,000	60
Brownsville	$20,000	40

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$39,000	1,100
Ogden	$37,000	530
St George	$33,000	180

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$29,000	490

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$28,000	1,130
Richmond	$30,000	1,110
Roanoke	$37,000	320
Charlottesville	$36,000	260
Lynchburg	$27,000	160
Harrisonburg	$26,000	120
Winchester	$24,000	110

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$43,000	2,880
Tacoma	$26,000	900
Spokane	$32,000	320
Olympia	$34,000	230
Bremerton	$38,000	210
Kennewick	$34,000	200
Bellingham	$38,000	160
Mount Vernon		140
Yakima	$29,000	80
Longview	$25,000	30

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$25,000	120
Wheeling	$22,000	120
Huntington	$19,000	110
Parkersburg	$22,000	100
Morgantown	$25,000	40
Weirton	$30,000	30

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$23,000	1,830
Madison	$33,000	1,050
Green Bay	$19,000	510
Appleton	$24,000	350
Oshkosh	$24,000	310
Racine	$25,000	210
Eau Claire	$19,000	180
La Crosse	$19,000	170
Wausau	$20,000	130
Janesville	$21,000	130
Sheboygan	$26,000	50

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$21,000	80

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