America has gained an obsession with becoming fit, a fact realized by the 11 cities with the highest demand for personal trainers.
It is the duty of a personal trainer to prescribe exercise regimens to clients and ensure they follow the routine set out for them, in order to increase their fitness and help them lose weight if they desire. Personal trainers can often also conduct fitness assessments to determine any improvement in the fitness levels of their clients. They also have a responsibility to ensure that their clients are medically fit enough to take part in the programs and regiments.
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The best part about being a personal trainer is that the hours are often flexible and so is the venue. Instead of a fixed office, personal trainers can often work in gyms, their homes, or the homes of their clients among other choices. There isn’t any regulation in the United States apart from Washington established to ensure the licensing or professional accreditation for personal trainers.
It is possible for personal trainers to either provide an overview of various regiments or specialize in just one, such as aerobics or flexibility training. Unsurprisingly, personal trainers aren’t paid very well. In fact, of the 343 cities considered in our ranking, the average salary was slightly above $35,000, much less than the salary paid to even paralegals, as seen in the 11 cities with the highest demand for paralegals. This may be due to the high number of personal trainers available, with over 200,000 personal trainers in the 343 cities. Of course, there are personal trainers who work for celebrities and make several times the average salary. But such people are few and far in between.
In order to determine the 11 cities with the highest demand for personal trainers, we first selected the cities which pay the highest salaries to personal trainers as high salaries equate high demand. We also considered the cities with the most jobs for personal trainers as more jobs also signal greater demand. All of our data was obtained from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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11. Stamford area, CT
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $60,490
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 4
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 1,410
Ranking according to number of jobs: 40
Overall score: 8
10 Suffolk area, NY
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $49,220
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 19
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 1,980
Ranking according to number of jobs: 24
Overall score: 8.5
8. Newark area, NJ & PA
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $48,960
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 21
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 2,300
Ranking according to number of jobs: 20
Overall score: 9.5
8. San Diego area, CA
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $48,890
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 24
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 2,630
Ranking according to number of jobs: 17
Overall score: 9.5
7. Oakland area, CA
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $52,610
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 13
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 1,930
Ranking according to number of jobs: 26
Overall score: 10.5
6. Washington, DC metro area
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $47,440
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 30
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 5,850
Ranking according to number of jobs: 3
Overall score: 13.5
5. Boston area, MA
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $48,320
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 26
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 5,350
Ranking according to number of jobs: 4
Overall score: 15
4. Dallas area, TX
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $50,540
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 16
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 3,430
Ranking according to number of jobs: 12
Overall score: 16
3. Los Angeles area, CA
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $48,940
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 22
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 6,760
Ranking according to number of jobs: 2
Overall score: 18
2. San Francisco area, CA
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $61,280
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 3
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 3,100
Ranking according to number of jobs: 14
Overall score: 21.5
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1. New York, NY metro region
Average annual salary for personal trainers in the city: $61,660
Ranking according to average annual salary for personal trainers: 2
Number of jobs for personal trainers in the city: 10,370
Ranking according to number of jobs: 1
Overall score: 28.5
New York seems to be an excellent place for practicing most professions, and tops the list of the 11 cities with the highest demand for personal trainers.
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