A personal trainer salary is defined as the amount of money that a personal trainer makes. A personal trainer is one who comes up with the exercise routine of an individual (the client) and the personal trainer is also the person who supervises the client carrying out the exercise routine, as well as the dietary habits and general well-being of the client.

A personal trainer can work in a gymnasium, health and fitness centre, or can also do freelance work. A freelance personal trainer visits people’s homes and gives them one-on-one personalised training. A trainer salary can vary greatly depending upon where he/she works.

Personal Trainer Salary

Another factor that influences a personal trainer is the amount of experience that he/she has in the field of personal training. The career path of a personal trainer typically follows the pattern mentioned below:

• The trainer first finishes a degree in physical education/ nutrition or any other field that is relevant to fitness, in order to gain a necessary educational background

• Subsequently, the trainer gets a job working in a gym or fitness center, where he is able to gain valuable exposure to different kinds of people with different fitness levels. If the trainer gets a job in a well-established gym or fitness center, he gains valuable experience which will aid him in the future in terms of acquiring clients as well as in terms of increasing his potential salary.

• After gaining experience as a general trainer in a gym or fitness center, the trainer starts to focus on individual clients. He may be employed as a personal trainer in the same gym or fitness center, or if he can acquire clients external to the place where he works, then he can quit his job to start a freelance job as a personal trainer.

A personal trainer’s salary hence depends on a number of factors:

• The personal trainer’s educational background

• The personal trainer’s job quality in a health center or a gym

• The duration of the personal trainer’s job in the aforementioned health center or gym and the salary he was paid there.

• The demand for a personal trainer in the area where the personal trainer works or lives

• Miscellaneous factors such as the ability of the personal trainer to market himself and engage in networking to obtain clients

A personal trainer charges per session of personal training. The average trainer salary in the United States of America can vary from $15 per hourly session to $90 per hourly session.  In New York City, Los Angeles and other big American cities where the demand for personal training is very high, and where fitness is a high priority for residents, a personal trainer’s salary is on average much higher than a physical trainer salaryin a small town where the demand for personal training is much lower.