Corporate Wellness Director

Also called: Wellness Program Manager

Designs health and wellness programs for a company's employees: fitness, nutrition, mental health and stress reduction.

A day in the life

She reviews health-plan data, launches a step challenge, meets with a mental-health vendor and presents results to executives.

Pay over a career

Starting
$60k
Typical
$105k
High
$165k

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in health promotion, exercise science or public health; many have a master's.

Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Public Health, Health Promotion, Exercise Science.

Outlook

Growing faster than average.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Wellness apps automate challenges and tracking; designing programs people actually use and selling them to leaders stays human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Health, Psychology, Statistics.

Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9111.

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