Fitness Trainer

Fitness trainers are charged with instructing others on how to lead a healthy lifestyle and maintain a certain level of physical fitness. To become a fitness trainer, individuals either need to achieve specialized certification or earn a bachelor’s degree in a related field. Beyond this, fitness trainers must obtain a personal training certification in order to practice in most states. Employment is most common in established gyms, and some gyms are even willing to train prospective trainers. Individuals in this field earn between $17,000 and $40,000 a year with a growing amount of new job opportunities available all across the country.