Fitness Expert Salaries: Are You a Leading Earner?

 Lawyers, doctors, airline pilots - tell someone you're one of these and they'll immediately think of how much money those jobs are paid. Tell them you're a personal trainer, though, and they'll wonder if you couldn't be making more money working a fast food job.

It hurts because it's the truth. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average fitness professional works long, hard hours to make a mere thirty-five thousand dollars a year. In some parts of the country, that’s not a lot of go-out-and-have-fun money. In fact, in many big cities, that income isn’t even enough for a decent house and instant noodles every night.

But there is good news.

Thirty-five thousand dollars a year is only the average salary - an average salary for average personal trainers. But do you think you're "average"?

If your answer is "yes, I'm average", then there's really nothing I can do to help you. But there's no reason you can't make far more than what the government says most trainers take home each year. The only thing you need is a little business knowhow.