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How much do personal trainers earn?

Posted by Andy on April 11th, 2011

Want to know how much personal trainers earn? Can you earn good money as a personal trainer? These are common questions I’m asked by visitors thinking of becoming a personal trainer.

When people think of personal trainers, they often think of celebrities like Cheryl Cole who reportely paid her personal trainer £14,000 or Britney Spears’ reported £11,000 per month fitness regime but what’s the reality for normal personal trainers. How much can you expect to earn?

The reality for most personal trainers is slightly different…

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So how much do certified personal trainers earn?
If employed by gym, the typical personal trainer salary in the UK will be between £17,000 to £25,000/PA in the first year and increasing according to experience.

Location also obviously has a big impact on this.

Pay in the big cities and particularly London being far higher than towns and smaller cities.

A certified personal trainer salary can be even higher, with the average approaching £30,000.

On these figures, personal training as a career choice compares very favourably to other jobs and comes out at the top of of the average salary scale in the UK (£25,900 in 2009 according to Office of National Statistics). But it can be even higher.

Go freelance as a personal trainer

How much do personal trainers earn Self-employed, otherwise known as freelance, personal trainers can earn significantly more, usually between £25,000 to £40,000 – with a typical fee per session of between £20 and £50 – but this of course depends upon the numbers of hours worked, the services offered, location and of course how good they are,rates of £70/hour aren’t uncommon.

Finally, personal trainers often opt to specialise or focus on a particular skill set or client type for which higher rates can be charged, doubling or tripping their fee’s in the process and perhaps break into the £150 per hour rate like charged by Dax Moy or Matt Roberts, two of the leading trainers in London.

It may be only a few exercise pro’s who land contracts with A-List celebrities and earn tens of thousands a month but the great thing about personal training is that with perservance, drive, determination and a lot of hard work it’s achiveable.

This article is one in a series on how to become a personal trainer written specifically for you and others starting in this exciting and rewarding industry and becoming a certified personal trainer, others in the series that may be of interest and help you include…

> What do personal trainers do?

> How easy is it to become a personal trainer?

> What qualifications do personal trainers need?

> What insurance do personal trainers need?