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Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors vs Recreation Workers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors and Recreation Workers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors Recreation Workers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$46,180
$35,380
Employment · BLS OEWS
303,620
309,640
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
36th pct
65th pct

At a glance

Dimension Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors Recreation Workers
Median pay $46,180 $35,380
Employment 303,620 309,640
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Growing fast (+11.9%) About average (+4.1%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 74,200 68,100
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 36th pct Moderate · 65th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 45th pct · 25% of tasks 37th pct · 21% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (77.0%) Augmentation-leaning (58.0%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Instructing, Oral Expression, Education and Training, Service Orientation, English Language, Speaking, Psychology, Speech Clarity, Active Listening, Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Monitoring, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Category Flexibility.

Specific to Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

  • Stamina
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Gross Body Coordination
  • Trunk Strength
  • Static Strength
  • Dynamic Strength
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Selective Attention

Specific to Recreation Workers

  • Public Safety and Security
  • Near Vision
  • Speech Recognition
  • Law and Government
  • Administrative
  • Writing
  • Persuasion
  • Complex Problem Solving

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Calendar and scheduling software , Data base user interface and query software , Instant messaging software , Desktop publishing software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

Specific to Recreation Workers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors or Recreation Workers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors vs Recreation Workers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/exercise-trainers-and-group-fitness-instructors-vs-recreation-workers

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Singulariki. (2026). Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors vs Recreation Workers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/exercise-trainers-and-group-fitness-instructors-vs-recreation-workers

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  title  = {Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors vs Recreation Workers},
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