Why Personal Trainers Get Paid SO Little | How To KNOW If Your Gym Is Paying You Fairly
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- What's up guys, Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In today's video we'll be discussing personal trainer pay. More specifically, why personal trainers don't make that much money. There are many reasons as to why most trainers don't get paid too much, but there's a few in particular that have a massive impact. The biggest of these reasons, which is overhead in the form of taxes, expenses, etc., is explored quite a bit in this video.
My goal with this video is to help trainers understand why they're getting paid what they are. This will also help personal trainers to know when they're getting treated unfairly, or getting underpaid. There are simple ways to figure all of this stuff out, and we go over that here.
Although, we primarily focus on trainers who work in commercial gyms, we also discuss independent contractors, or self employed trainers in this video too. Low pay is a problem that all personal trainers are likely to deal with, so we'll be addressing this issue from multiple angles.
Thanks for the love and support everyone! We really appreciate it!
-Jeff and Alexis
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Just wanna say i love you guys. This channel has been a life saver for me just starting out.
I just started at a gym 10 days ago. They are paying me 45% of what i make. 35$ 30 min sessions (trust me i know 30 mins i barely get a good workout in). I have yet to get my first check to see what it'll be. I quit my full time job right before going into training full time with no experience. Leap of faith
I see the other trainers in the gym take clients back to back. Done with one 30 min session and the next jumps in.
I told them i don't want to do it like that because i want to be able to talk or show more individual attention to my clients. Plus I'm so new at this.
I'm trying to figure out how to organize my clients with paperwork and i use an app but it's all time consuming. So much to learn it seems overwhelming. Scheduling and everything. Oh and im planning my wedding next month too lol. All at the same time.
Your videos have helped so much already. I use some of your forms as well. Thank you for what you do and man do i wish you guys were closer to Atlanta so i can just learn. Be taught. Keep cranking out these videos !
Thanks for the kind words and support! It sounds like you’re getting a pretty fair split there! Stick with it! All of that work stuff will get easier with time
More videos on the way soon!
This is why you start your own business, even a few clients is what I make more than in a month being an in-person PT at a gym. Wasn't a fan of not having my own schedule outside of my other job b/c it's just too busy and isn't financially worth it.
You can definitely make more money working for yourself. There’s a good number of downsides to being self employed too though
You need liability insurance if the training is face to face and you will responsible for paperwork/billing/accounting.
Great! Love this channel
Thank you! Glad you find it valuable!
Great stuff. Also, the goofy NASM corrective exercise got me hahaha.
Lol they do have some goofy moves
Great info and video.
I appreciate that! Thanks for the support!
Great video thanks!
You're welcome!
Thanks for the video! It's really helpful to hear the gym owner's perspective.
Thanks! I’ve been on both sides of this issue. I’ve been the underpaid trainer working for someone else a good handful of times too
This is a great video Jeff. All your content is super useful.
I was just wondering if you can make a video about fitness coaches working on cruises. I have heard that these trainers generally have a packed schedule and have to conduct personal training in addition to pilates, Yoga, and even conducting seminars related to health and wellness for guests on the cruise. I would like to know the limitations and advantages of working here.
Honestly, I want to make a video on this subject but I don’t know that much about it! I’m gonna have to do more research!
This became a dream of mine love these videos just passed my Issa exam but I want to be ready…love your content
Congrats on passing!
Motivational, thanks
Glad to hear that you found it helpful!
Jeff thank you for the best personal trainer content in the world. can you do in the future video about booking and scheduling clients? ❤
Thanks so much! What kind of questions do you have around booking and scheduling?
I can’t tell you how I went into personal training with the false expectation of over $20/hr. You consistently make that only if you have clients that often but it takes a while to build to that
And if you’re actually getting hour sessions…at least where I’ve worked 😭
It’s true! You have to build up that clientele first
Same! I've been a trainer for close to a year and my base pay is $15.50 per hour. I like the hard work that's involved but wow, I wish it wasn't so hard to make a decent income in this field
How long did it take?
I need this Jeff hurry UP 😭😭😭😭😭
Haha hopefully you found it helpful!
You have a video on sales and how to get clients in your town ?
This playlist has 3 videos that are focused on sales and marketing: ua-cam.com/play/PL8u1BTeFRGHtirOAfAfaD9R9ZrQVuwy_h.html
They should help!
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Hopefully you found it helpful!
Thanks I lot. .I had 10 years of experience still I got paid shit. Now I got view why❤
Ya unfortunately many gyms will try to take advantage of trainers. It’s good to know who’s willing to pay a fair wage
Hi! I work at a fitness studio in chennai, india. I work roughly 7 hours a day, and see 4-6 clients a day. I get paid 30k rupees a month, while theycharge 10k a month per client. For the amount of work we do, including some administrative and floor management work and overseeing sessions between 45-90 min per sessions, I feel we need to get paid better. We work hard and have unpaid breaks.
My boss charges about 50% of what other studios charge in our city.
The S&C community in India is severely underpaid in general, so for us freelancing is the best option.
It sounds like you’re doing a great job overall! It also sounds pretty similar to what happens to PTs here in the US as well. I would consider finding a different location to train clients, or like you said, consider going off on your own.
I became certified in the early part of 2023 in the UK through Virgin Active and was shocked when Virgin Active were offering PT roles at their gyms to newly qualified trainers at a rate of £16 per session. So I set up my own studio space and converted the garage to train clients at home with no overheads at my rate.
Garage studios can be great in the right location! My next video will actually be on them
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation Thank you very much looking forward to watching it.
But how did you get a consistent client base without talking to people in a gym?
Subscribed :) Question for you though:
I live in Switzerland, and am sending applications out to gyms with the hope of being a personal trainer. I have a BS in Exercise Science (Kinesiology) and speak English and French (not yet fluently but am getting there).
I was in the process of weighing pros and cons regarding different contract. One gym contract requires me to "rent" the gym for 530.- per month while being paid 480.- (admin/other tasks) per month. So no clients means you actually pay the gym while working for them as an employee. Also I do not believe anything is put aside for retirement/pension.
Any other advice/input is welcome :)
Thank you.
Every gym or studio works a bit differently. I would keep applying and find one that works for you in terms of what you’re looking for. Depending on whether you’re an employee/renting space/independent will determine how much you’re getting paid or paying the gym.
I got hired at the ymca start Wednesday . The Pay seem better than La Fitness And Mountainside fitness in Phoenix. Mountainside was 16.00 on commission And 9.50 fitness floor . I think La fitness is 16.00 too in Phoenix
I get paid hourly 14.00$ for clean equipment , Meeting, FitnessFloor And Assessment
training 30 Min 14.50$ And 60 min sessions 26.50 tie 1 . Tie 2 Is More around 32$ for 60 min , 30 Min 20$.
I am not sure if ymca consider a big box gym like La Fitness And 24 Hours fitness
That seems like pretty reasonable pay. I’m sure your wages will increase over time as well
Im 54 and about to try p.training. i could lose another 15 lbs or so but i take no meds, cycle 50 miles regularly and can run for over an hour on the treadmill. Hopefully that will be enough to get myself a job.
Wishing you the best of luck! Definitely go for it!
The company I used to work for was a separate company to the box gym. So where’d all those expenses go to??? A once a week package for a month was almost $2000 and trainers were paid at most $23/hr.
So, that company could definitely have been screwing you over on pay. In fact, it sounds like they most likely were doing that.
That said, they would still be responsible for all of the overhead that I mentioned. Social security & Medicare taxes, unemployment, liability insurance, etc.
I’m sure they had other overhead as well that I’m not aware of. So, there’s a very high chance that their expenses were higher then you’d think.
A large leisure provider I work for in Britain, the PTs do all the hard work and the leisure provider takes half of what they earn, that's why I won't bother with it, it's a scam.
Ya unfortunately that’s not uncommon in the industry
Trainers are just cannon fodder for most corporate gyms.
Ya that might be true. There are many gyms willing to exploit trainers out there
Can I pay you for mentoring?
I work at a commercial health club that makes over 600k a month and has 8 trainers. None of us make over $2500 a month and have on average 20 clients.
It sounds like that facility is doing pretty well. Do you feel like they pay you guys fair hourly rates?
Photographers are also after thoughts. Just because someone has a iphone, BOOM - they are photographers.
lol ya that’s true!
Are people really willing to pay 60 dollars per session
Absolutely. $60 for an hour session would be on the lower end of prices in many places in the US