Also called: Fitness Center Manager, Club Manager
Runs daily operations at a gym or health club: staff, sales, equipment, and member experience.
They hire and schedule trainers, hit membership sales goals, fix broken treadmills, and handle member complaints. Big clubs have pools, cafes, and kids' areas to manage too.
Estimate based on BLS entertainment and recreation managers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in business or exercise science; many promoted from trainer or sales roles.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Sports Management, Business Administration, Exercise Science.
Growing about average. Steady with gym industry growth.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Software automates scheduling, billing and check-ins; leading staff, sales and member experience stay human.
Classes: Business or FBLA, Marketing, Physical education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9072.
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