>I've always wondered myself. I'm figuring if my gym charges
>$65 an hour the trainer is probably getting half that. I'm
>further figuring w/the 25 or so trainers at my gym they
>couldn't be working more than 4-5 hours per day, if that. So
>that's generously about $750 a week, or about $40k per year.
>
>This doesn't factor in peak seasons either. I'm sure in
>January and May they're much busier, so maybe upwards of
>$50k?
>
>Just an estimate, bearing in mind you don't get health bennies
>or retirement. I'm always doing the numbers b/c sometimes I
>feel like I've made a mistake not making fitness a career.
>But whenever I do the numbers I feel better.
If those estimates are correct than it doesn't sound that bad, most Americans would actually be happy at that. Money isn't everything..