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Fitness and Wellness Coordinators vs Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Fitness and Wellness Coordinators and Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 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.”

Fitness and Wellness Coordinators Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$61,340
$46,180
Employment · BLS OEWS
10,490
303,620
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
50th pct
36th pct

At a glance

Dimension Fitness and Wellness Coordinators Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
Median pay $61,340 $46,180
Employment 10,490 303,620
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+6.5%) Growing fast (+11.9%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,100 74,200
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 50th pct Moderate · 36th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 45th pct · 25% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (77.0%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — No

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

Specific to Fitness and Wellness Coordinators

  • Administration and Management
  • Written Expression
  • Speech Recognition
  • Writing
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Near Vision
  • Administrative
  • Sales and Marketing

Specific to Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

  • Stamina
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Gross Body Coordination
  • Trunk Strength
  • Static Strength
  • Dynamic Strength
  • Selective Attention
  • Manual Dexterity

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 , Data base user interface and query software , Desktop publishing software , Internet browser software , Calendar and scheduling software .

Specific to Fitness and Wellness Coordinators

Specific to Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Fitness and Wellness Coordinators or Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors — 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. "Fitness and Wellness Coordinators vs Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors." 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/fitness-and-wellness-coordinators-vs-exercise-trainers-and-group-fitness-instructors

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

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Fitness and Wellness Coordinators vs Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/fitness-and-wellness-coordinators-vs-exercise-trainers-and-group-fitness-instructors}
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