Jobs / Management and business operations / 11-9179.01

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.

US jobs
10,450 (SOC 11-9179 group, "Personal Service Managers, All Other")
Median wage
$69,770 a year
Job family
Management and business operations

Can agents do the work of fitness and wellness coordinators?

We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Management and business operations:

  • Task levelPartialOnly adjacent evidence. On TheAgentCompany, which gives agents workplace tasks inside a simulated software company, the best agent resolves 42.9% of tasks (a November 2025 result). No task-level benchmark in our collection maps directly to management or business operations.
  • Project levelPartialMixed. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's GDPval deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons, and the best agent passes 73.5% of APEX-Agents tasks on the first try. Running a business is weaker: on Vending-Bench 2 the best model ends a simulated year with $15,515, about a quarter of Andon Labs' estimate for a good strategy.

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • Maintain wellness- and fitness-related schedules, records, or reports.
  • Develop or coordinate fitness and wellness programs or services.
  • Recommend or approve new program or service offerings to promote wellness and fitness, produce revenues, or minimize costs.
  • Manage or oversee fitness or recreation facilities, ensuring safe and clean facilities and equipment.
  • Supervise fitness or wellness specialists, such as fitness instructors, nutritionists, or health educators.
  • Track attendance, participation, or performance data related to wellness events.
  • Conduct or facilitate training sessions or seminars for wellness and fitness staff.
  • Maintain or arrange for maintenance of fitness equipment or facilities.
  • Prepare or implement budgets and strategic, operational, purchasing, or maintenance plans.
  • Evaluate fitness and wellness programs to determine their effectiveness.
  • Develop fitness or wellness classes, such as yoga, aerobics, strength training, or aquatics, ensuring a diversity of class offerings.
  • Demonstrate proper operation of fitness equipment, such as resistance machines, cardio machines, free weights, or fitness assessment devices.
Other job titles for this occupation (43)

Clinical and Wellness Programs Manager · Fitness and Wellness Coordinator · Fitness and Wellness Director · Fitness Center Manager · Fitness Coordinator · Fitness Director · Group Fitness Manager (GFM) · Wellness and Coaching Manager · Wellness Director · Wellness Programs Director · Campus Wellness Coordinator · Certified Wellness Program Coordinator · Certified Wellness Program Manager · City Wellness Coordinator · Corporate Fitness Program Coordinator · Corporate Wellness Coordinator · County Public Health Wellness Coordinator · Employee Assistance Program Wellness Coordinator (EAP Wellness Coordinator) · Employee Fitness Coordinator · Employee Wellness Coordinator · Fitness and Wellness Manager · Fitness Manager · Fitness Program Manager · Fitness Studio Manager · Group Fitness Coordinator · Gym Manager · Health and Wellness Coach · Health and Wellness Coordinator · Health and Wellness Director · Health Wellness Coordinator · Health, Wellness, and Nutrition Coordinator · Hospital Wellness Coordinator · Lifestyle Director · Sports, Fitness, and Wellness Director · State Public Health Wellness Coordinator · Studio Manager · Trainer · Wellness Ambassador · Wellness Coach · Wellness Coordinator · Wellness Manager · Wellness Program Coordinator · Worksite Wellness Practitioner