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Fitness and Wellness Coordinators — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$69,770

United States, 2025

Employment

10,450

United States, 2025

Typical education

Master's Degree

Job Zone 4

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Manage or coordinate fitness and wellness programs and services. Manage and train staff of wellness specialists, health educators, or fitness instructors.

O*NET code
11-9179.01
Job zone
4
Experience required
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

Typical tasks

  • 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.
  • Supervise fitness or wellness specialists, such as fitness instructors, nutritionists, or health educators.
  • Track attendance, participation, or performance data related to wellness events.
  • Conduct or facilitate training sessions or seminars for wellness and fitness staff.
  • Maintain or arrange for maintenance of fitness equipment or facilities.

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Salary analysis — United States

$44,910
10th
$54,130
25th
$69,770
Median
$94,440
75th
$118,710
90th

10th percentile

$44,910

25th percentile

$54,130

75th percentile

$94,440

90th percentile

$118,710

Most important skills

  • Speaking3.9
  • Social Perceptiveness3.8
  • Active Listening3.8
  • Coordination3.8
  • Service Orientation3.8
  • Reading Comprehension3.6
  • Critical Thinking3.6
  • Management of Personnel Resources3.5
  • Writing3.5
  • Instructing3.4
  • Learning Strategies3.4
  • Active Learning3.4

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 20 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

20

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Speaking3.94.0Not selected4.0
Social Perceptiveness3.83.8Not selected3.8
Reading Comprehension3.63.9Not selected3.9
Active Listening3.83.6Not selected3.6
Coordination3.83.6Not selected3.6
Critical Thinking3.63.8Not selected3.8
Service Orientation3.83.5Not selected3.5
Learning Strategies3.43.8Not selected3.8
Monitoring3.43.8Not selected3.8
Writing3.53.6Not selected3.6
Management of Personnel Resources3.53.4Not selected3.4
Instructing3.43.5Not selected3.5
Active Learning3.43.5Not selected3.5
Time Management3.13.4Not selected3.4
Persuasion3.03.5Not selected3.5
Judgment and Decision Making3.33.1Not selected3.1
Complex Problem Solving3.13.1Not selected3.1
Systems Evaluation3.13.1Not selected3.1
Systems Analysis3.13.0Not selected3.0
Negotiation3.03.1Not selected3.1

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
WI$104,860602025
VT$99,570302025
HI$88,1301102025
Urban Honolulu, HI$88,130602025
San Jose, CA$86,2502025
Cedar Rapids, IA$86,170402025
MD$83,9905102025
CO$83,080302025
Baltimore, MD$82,5503502025
Des Moines, IA$82,330502025
Sacramento, CA$82,050702025
Atlanta, GA$80,620802025
Charlotte, NC$79,6502025
Providence, RI$79,330402025
Fresno, CA$78,910402025
Los Angeles, CA$78,9106502025
San Francisco, CA$78,3602025
CA$77,8402,0102025
NJ$77,3501702025
Santa Rosa, CA$77,110502025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.