Fitness Floor Staff Salary and Compensation Guide
Fitness floor staff positions are typically entry-level; responsibilities include monitoring equipment, supplies and people in the facility.
Among the facilities represented in the 2010 IDEA Fitness Industry Compensation Trends Report, 28% employ fitness floor staff. Most are employees (97%) who are paid by the hour (98%). They average 19.5 work hours per week, earning an average of $11.75 per hour. From 2006 to 2008, their hourly rate increased by just $0.25; from 2008 to 2010, there was a more significant increase of $1.50 per hour.
Benefits for this position have held more or less steady (41% in 2010, 43% in 2008), while availability of cash incentives (17% in 2010, 11% in 2008) and education funds (35% in 2010, 30% in 2008) has slightly increased.
Fitness Floor Staff Compensation Stats and Job Description
Fitness floor staff monitors equipment, supplies and people in the fitness center.
| Employment Status | |
| employee | 97% |
| independent contractor | 3 |
| both | 0 |
| Payment Methods | |
| salary | 2% |
| per hour | 98 |
| per class/session | 0 |
| per participant | 0 |
| Position Perks | |
| benefits | 41% |
| cash incentives | 17 |
| education fund | 35 |
| Pay by Hour, Class or Session | Hours per Week (n = 59) |
Hourly Rate (n = 57) |
| mean | 19.5 | $11.75 |
| median | 16 | $10 |
| mode | 10 | $8 |
| minimum | 4 | $7.25 | maximum | 65 | $60 |
| Pay by Salary | Hours per Week (n = 0) |
Salary (n = 0) |
| mean | n/a | n/a |
| median | n/a | n/a |
| mode | n/a | n/a |
| minimum | n/a | n/a |
| maximum | n/a | n/a |
