Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
Manage or coordinate fitness and wellness programs and services. Manage and train staff of wellness specialists, health educators, or fitness instructors.
Most important skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
- Service Orientation
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
Key knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- Education and Training
- Administration and Management
- English Language
- Administrative
- Sales and Marketing
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Psychology
What the work involves
- Track attendance, participation, or performance data related to wellness events.
- Provide individual support or counseling in general wellness or nutrition.
- Maintain or arrange for maintenance of fitness equipment or facilities.
- Develop marketing campaigns to promote a healthy lifestyle or participation in fitness or wellness programs.
- Conduct needs assessments or surveys to determine interest in, or satisfaction with, wellness and fitness programs, events, or services.
- Teach fitness classes to improve strength, flexibility, cardiovascular conditioning, or general fitness of participants.
- Select or supervise contractors, such as event hosts or health, fitness, and wellness practitioners.
- Respond to customer, public, or media requests for information about wellness programs or services.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Social, Enterprising, Conventional.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Master's Degree (50% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (46.2%)
- On-the-job training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month (38.5%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 4: Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Fitness and Wellness Coordinators is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 11-9179 (detailed_parent); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | High | Higher on contact with others than 69% of occupations compared | 60% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | High | Higher on dealing with the public than 67% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Very important” |
| Teamwork | High | Higher on teamwork than 76% of occupations compared | 64% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very high | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 80% of occupations compared | 54% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very low | Lower on time pressure than 91% of occupations compared | 69% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Conflict situations | Very high | Higher on conflict situations than 82% of occupations compared | 54% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | High | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 66% of occupations compared | 40% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 90% of occupations compared | 68% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very low
- Conflict situations: very high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: high
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 40%
- Constant contact with others: 60%
n = 25, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 3.85%
- Fairly important: 7.69%
- Important: 19.23%
- Very important: 38.46%
- Extremely important: 30.77%
n = 26, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 8%
- Very important: 28%
- Extremely important: 64%
n = 25, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 3.85%
- Some freedom: 42.31%
- A lot of freedom: 53.85%
n = 26, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 7.69%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 69.23%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 23.08%
- Every day: 0%
n = 26, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 7.69%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 53.85%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 26.92%
- Every day: 11.54%
n = 26, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 28%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 40%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 28%
- Every day: 4%
n = 25, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 16%
- Fairly serious: 68%
- Serious: 12%
- Very serious: 4%
- Extremely serious: 0%
n = 25, Occupational Expert 08/2022
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