Fitness and Wellness Coordinators

Overview

Fitness and Wellness Coordinators has a national median salary of $69,770 per year, with +6.2% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

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

Work Values

• Relationships
• Independence
• Achievement

Work Styles

Responsibilities

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.

Work Activities

• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Scheduling Work and Activities
• Training and Teaching Others
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
• Performing General Physical Activities
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Developing and Building Teams
• Thinking Creatively

Detailed Work Activities

• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
• Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a bachelor's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Bachelor's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a high school diploma or equivalent.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Fitness and Wellness Coordinators:

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