Occupational employment / Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 6,110 $19.83 $41,260
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 19,010 $23.71 $49,310
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 10,530 $25.79 $53,650
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 9,970 $19.21 $39,960
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 9,890 $16.88 $35,110
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 8,770 $16.69 $34,710
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 7,210 $19.86 $41,310
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 6,440 $22.70 $47,220
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5,790 $14.72 $30,620
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 5,390 $20.96 $43,600
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 4,920 $20.63 $42,900
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 4,750 $24.57 $51,120
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 4,660 $19.75 $41,080
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,900 $13.62 $28,320
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,790 $16.72 $34,770
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3,780 $18.63 $38,750
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3,720 $13.55 $28,190
Baltimore-Towson, MD 3,700 $15.07 $31,350
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 3,680 $21.76 $45,270
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 3,550 $18.14 $37,730
Denver-Aurora, CO 3,520 $18.47 $38,420
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 3,120 $17.79 $37,010
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 3,010 $21.97 $45,700
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,880 $20.61 $42,870
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,870 $12.75 $26,520
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2,870 $12.69 $26,390
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,860 $16.89 $35,130
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2,780 $15.22 $31,650
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 2,760 $25.49 $53,020
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,760 $17.52 $36,430
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 2,380 $19.69 $40,950
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2,330 $15.68 $32,620
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 2,170 $20.41 $42,450
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 2,160 $12.45 $25,900
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,010 $23.40 $48,670
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,950 $20.60 $42,860
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,950 $19.24 $40,020
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,900 $15.23 $31,690
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,830 $10.96 $22,800
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,770 $14.37 $29,890
Pittsburgh, PA 1,760 $11.10 $23,080
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,670 $14.72 $30,620
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,560 $13.17 $27,390
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,540 $15.06 $31,320
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1,480 $22.44 $46,680
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,360 $17.97 $37,390
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,290 $13.36 $27,780
Columbus, OH 1,230 $15.24 $31,700
Raleigh-Cary, NC 1,200 $16.94 $35,240
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 1,190 $16.55 $34,410
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,170 $19.63 $40,840
Rochester, NY 1,150 $14.70 $30,570
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,130 $13.59 $28,260
Richmond, VA 1,110 $14.56 $30,280
Salt Lake City, UT 1,100 $18.74 $38,990
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,090 $17.22 $35,820
Madison, WI 1,050 $15.69 $32,640
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,040 $14.52 $30,200
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,000 $16.84 $35,030
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 990 $14.25 $29,640
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 980 $18.05 $37,550
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 980 $12.19 $25,350
Tucson, AZ 970 $14.83 $30,850
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 900 $12.26 $25,500
Wichita, KS 900 $12.49 $25,990
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 850 $13.10 $27,260
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 840 $11.93 $24,800
Colorado Springs, CO 830 $15.84 $32,940
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 820 $15.69 $32,630
Boulder, CO 820 $19.11 $39,740
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 800 $16.74 $34,830
Oklahoma City, OK 800 $13.32 $27,710
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 780 $16.70 $34,730
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 770 $12.42 $25,830
Tulsa, OK 770 $14.03 $29,180
Knoxville, TN 760 $16.48 $34,290
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 760 $15.66 $32,570
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 750 $20.11 $41,830
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 750 $13.50 $28,070
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 740 $13.54 $28,160
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 730 $12.74 $26,490
Jacksonville, FL 720 $16.18 $33,660
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 710 $13.41 $27,880
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 660 $15.66 $32,560
York-Hanover, PA 650 $11.27 $23,440
Winston-Salem, NC 650 $11.24 $23,390
Springfield, MO 650 $10.49 $21,830
Eugene-Springfield, OR 640 $18.25 $37,970
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 640 $20.09 $41,790
Toledo, OH 630 $12.67 $26,350
Greenville, SC 620 $14.51 $30,180
San Antonio, TX 610 $13.48 $28,050
Albuquerque, NM 600 $13.61 $28,310
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 590 $19.29 $40,130
Honolulu, HI 580 $11.76 $24,450
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 570 $18.34 $38,150
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 570 $14.56 $30,290
Columbia, SC 550 $16.78 $34,910
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 550 $16.77 $34,880
Syracuse, NY 550 $19.69 $40,950
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 530 $17.79 $37,010
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 520 $22.65 $47,120
Lancaster, PA 520 $12.91 $26,860
Green Bay, WI 510 $9.24 $19,220
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 500 $16.61 $34,550
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 500 $11.40 $23,720
Durham, NC 500 $21.04 $43,770
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 490 $13.90 $28,920
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 490 $12.18 $25,330
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 480 $17.35 $36,090
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 470 $16.08 $33,440
New Haven, CT 460 $19.59 $40,740
Springfield, MA-CT 460 $13.46 $27,990
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 430 $14.45 $30,060
Reno-Sparks, NV 420 $22.38 $46,550
Jackson, MS 410 $15.38 $31,990
Lexington-Fayette, KY 400 $14.23 $29,610
Baton Rouge, LA 400 $13.41 $27,890
Akron, OH 390 $12.15 $25,270
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 390 $7.75 $16,130
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 390 $16.23 $33,760
Sioux Falls, SD 380 $11.92 $24,790
Tallahassee, FL 380 $14.35 $29,840
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 380 $21.44 $44,600
Manchester, NH 380 $13.73 $28,550
Montgomery, AL 380 $13.22 $27,500
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 380 $11.65 $24,220
Danbury, CT 370 $15.91 $33,090
Reading, PA 360 $12.60 $26,210
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 350 $19.04 $39,590
Appleton, WI 350 $11.69 $24,310
Topeka, KS 350 $11.24 $23,380
Modesto, CA 330 $16.93 $35,220
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 330 $23.18 $48,220
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 320 $11.54 $24,010
Spokane, WA 320 $15.56 $32,360
Stockton, CA 320 $14.69 $30,550
Roanoke, VA 320 $17.58 $36,560
Lincoln, NE 310 $13.40 $27,870
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 310 $14.09 $29,320
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 310 $11.71 $24,350
Anchorage, AK 310 $18.77 $39,040
Chico, CA 310 $16.85 $35,040
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 300 $15.60 $32,450
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 300 $10.83 $22,520
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 300 $16.76 $34,850
Bend, OR 270 $19.57 $40,710
Mobile, AL 270 $14.67 $30,510
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 270 $10.80 $22,470
Bloomington-Normal, IL 270 $18.65 $38,800
Duluth, MN-WI 260 $11.69 $24,320
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 260 $18.14 $37,740
Charlottesville, VA 260 $17.16 $35,680
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 260 $12.36 $25,720
Canton-Massillon, OH 260 $10.21 $21,240
Fresno, CA 260 $20.81 $43,280
Ann Arbor, MI 250 $16.31 $33,920
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 250 $8.51 $17,700
Greenville, NC 250 $13.31 $27,690
Dayton, OH 250 $11.23 $23,360
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 240 $18.86 $39,230
Spartanburg, SC 240 $13.14 $27,340
Naples-Marco Island, FL 240 $18.79 $39,080
Asheville, NC 240 $13.48 $28,040
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 240 $15.37 $31,970
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 230 $14.46 $30,080
Salem, OR 230 $17.89 $37,200
Olympia, WA 230 $16.56 $34,440
Cedar Rapids, IA 230 $10.59 $22,020
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 230 $11.47 $23,860
Champaign-Urbana, IL 230 $16.71 $34,760
Tyler, TX 220 $14.09 $29,300
Salinas, CA 210 $16.99 $35,340
Racine, WI 210 $12.03 $25,030
Fort Wayne, IN 210 $12.57 $26,150
Erie, PA 210 $10.71 $22,270
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 210 $14.30 $29,740
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 210 $18.35 $38,170
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 210 $15.76 $32,770
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 210 $13.84 $28,790
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 200 $16.55 $34,430
Fargo, ND-MN 200 $10.13 $21,070
Bakersfield, CA 200 $15.58 $32,410
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 200 $16.74 $34,820
Jefferson City, MO 190 $11.10 $23,080
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 190 Not available Not available
Missoula, MT 190 $12.44 $25,870
Lakeland, FL 190 $13.42 $27,910
Huntsville, AL 190 $13.33 $27,730
St. George, UT 180 $16.03 $33,330
Kingston, NY 180 $14.01 $29,140
Gainesville, FL 180 Not available Not available
Atlantic City, NJ 180 $18.97 $39,450
Eau Claire, WI 180 $9.29 $19,320
Wilmington, NC 180 $16.60 $34,530
Salisbury, MD 180 $14.97 $31,140
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 170 $10.49 $21,810
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 170 $10.74 $22,340
La Crosse, WI-MN 170 $9.13 $18,990
Rockford, IL 160 $12.91 $26,850
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 160 $16.39 $34,080
Bellingham, WA 160 $18.39 $38,240
Iowa City, IA 160 $13.13 $27,310
Jackson, MI 160 $10.73 $22,310
Lynchburg, VA 160 $13.01 $27,050
Great Falls, MT 160 $10.13 $21,060
Lawrence, KS 150 $12.31 $25,600
Columbus, GA-AL 150 $16.04 $33,370
Evansville, IN-KY 150 $15.91 $33,090
Greeley, CO 150 $14.18 $29,490
Waterbury, CT 150 $15.99 $33,260
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 140 $10.07 $20,950
Athens-Clarke County, GA 140 $16.45 $34,210
Napa, CA 140 $17.60 $36,600
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 140 Not available Not available
Fayetteville, NC 140 $10.79 $22,430
Pueblo, CO 140 $10.23 $21,270
Medford, OR 140 $12.67 $26,350
Utica-Rome, NY 140 $10.98 $22,830
Tuscaloosa, AL 140 $11.62 $24,160
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 130 Not available Not available
Rapid City, SD 130 $10.68 $22,220
Lafayette, LA 130 $18.89 $39,290
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 130 $15.72 $32,700
Coeur d'Alene, ID 130 $12.92 $26,880
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 130 $16.14 $33,560
Decatur, IL 130 $9.94 $20,680
Springfield, IL 130 $12.48 $25,960
Billings, MT 130 $16.14 $33,570
Corvallis, OR 130 $13.65 $28,400
Janesville, WI 130 $9.96 $20,720
Lima, OH 130 $12.36 $25,700
Wausau, WI 130 $9.48 $19,720
Columbia, MO 130 $14.55 $30,260
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 130 $13.15 $27,360
Prescott, AZ 120 $14.37 $29,890
Bangor, ME 120 $12.76 $26,540
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 120 $10.24 $21,300
Harrisonburg, VA 120 $12.28 $25,550
Redding, CA 120 $18.71 $38,920
Wheeling, WV-OH 120 $10.34 $21,500
Charleston, WV 120 $12.10 $25,160
Barnstable Town, MA 120 $23.85 $49,600
Rochester, MN 120 $17.05 $35,470
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 120 $11.79 $24,530
Terre Haute, IN 110 $10.77 $22,410
Grand Forks, ND-MN 110 $8.91 $18,530
Johnson City, TN 110 $13.82 $28,740
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 110 $9.37 $19,480
State College, PA 110 $10.15 $21,100
Winchester, VA-WV 110 $11.78 $24,490
Lubbock, TX 110 $12.31 $25,610
Punta Gorda, FL 110 $16.17 $33,630
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 100 $10.42 $21,670
Binghamton, NY 100 $13.33 $27,730
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 100 $11.61 $24,140
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 100 $13.47 $28,020
Bowling Green, KY 100 $17.81 $37,050
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 100 $17.48 $36,360
Ocala, FL 100 $14.82 $30,820
Monroe, LA 100 $14.36 $29,880
Cumberland, MD-WV 90 $9.73 $20,240
Wichita Falls, TX 90 $13.94 $28,980
Gadsden, AL 90 $14.39 $29,930
Laredo, TX 90 $9.51 $19,780
College Station-Bryan, TX 90 $14.11 $29,350
St. Cloud, MN 90 $12.22 $25,410
El Paso, TX 90 $11.47 $23,850
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 90 $11.16 $23,220
Jonesboro, AR 90 $11.72 $24,370
Yakima, WA 80 $13.92 $28,940
Cheyenne, WY 80 $10.19 $21,190
San Angelo, TX 80 $13.35 $27,760
Ithaca, NY 80 Not available Not available
Springfield, OH 80 $9.83 $20,450
Johnstown, PA 80 $11.05 $22,990
Elizabethtown, KY 80 $7.00 $14,570
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 80 $10.35 $21,520
Auburn-Opelika, AL 80 $12.51 $26,020
Visalia-Porterville, CA 80 $16.44 $34,200
Hot Springs, AR 70 Not available Not available
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 70 $15.64 $32,540
Bloomington, IN 70 $9.60 $19,970
Merced, CA 70 $13.76 $28,610
Ames, IA 70 $13.49 $28,060
Brunswick, GA 70 $11.85 $24,650
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 70 $15.75 $32,760
Pittsfield, MA 70 $14.82 $30,830
Muncie, IN 70 $9.74 $20,270
Longview, TX 70 $11.40 $23,710
Florence, SC 70 $13.06 $27,160
Anderson, SC 70 $12.54 $26,090
Flagstaff, AZ 70 $13.65 $28,390
Chattanooga, TN-GA 60 $16.04 $33,360
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 60 $20.64 $42,930
Altoona, PA 60 $10.27 $21,360
Lawton, OK 60 $9.63 $20,020
Fairbanks, AK 60 $14.25 $29,630
Odessa, TX 60 $10.06 $20,930
Midland, TX 60 $17.35 $36,090
Warner Robins, GA 60 $17.78 $36,980
Elmira, NY 50 $13.86 $28,830
Joplin, MO 50 $10.29 $21,410
Sheboygan, WI 50 $12.33 $25,650
Danville, IL 50 $9.13 $18,990
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 50 $16.38 $34,070
New Bedford, MA 50 $14.69 $30,560
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 50 $9.84 $20,460
Morgantown, WV 40 $12.18 $25,340
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 40 $9.66 $20,100
Ocean City, NJ 40 $20.38 $42,400
Williamsport, PA 40 $8.69 $18,080
Lebanon, PA 40 $11.34 $23,590
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 30 $14.43 $30,010
Goldsboro, NC 30 $10.20 $21,230
Longview, WA 30 $12.15 $25,280
Santa Fe, NM 30 $12.80 $26,620
Cleveland, TN Not available $10.75 $22,370
Yuma, AZ Not available $12.58 $26,160
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Not available $11.91 $24,770
Michigan City-La Porte, IN Not available $12.94 $26,920
Carson City, NV Not available $14.07 $29,260
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $11.58 $24,080
Worcester, MA-CT Not available $14.14 $29,410
Greensboro-High Point, NC Not available $12.14 $25,260
Lewiston-Auburn, ME Not available $11.38 $23,670
Battle Creek, MI Not available $12.38 $25,750
Flint, MI Not available $9.56 $19,870
Holland-Grand Haven, MI Not available $13.04 $27,130
Yuba City, CA Not available $10.07 $20,940
Bismarck, ND Not available $11.42 $23,760
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL Not available $16.26 $33,810
Dover, DE Not available $13.86 $28,830
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division Not available $16.42 $34,160
Mansfield, OH Not available $9.78 $20,340
Casper, WY Not available $13.15 $27,350
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division Not available $15.18 $31,580
Las Cruces, NM Not available $8.66 $18,020
Columbus, IN Not available $15.60 $32,440
Corpus Christi, TX Not available $12.44 $25,870
Peoria, IL Not available $12.44 $25,860
Portsmouth, NH-ME Not available $16.76 $34,860
Lewiston, ID-WA Not available $19.48 $40,510
Boise City-Nampa, ID Not available $14.97 $31,140
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL Not available $16.99 $35,340
Amarillo, TX Not available $11.13 $23,160
Macon, GA Not available $18.39 $38,250
Gainesville, GA Not available $11.43 $23,770
Abilene, TX Not available $8.81 $18,320
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