Healthcare
Exercise Physiologists
Assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility.
Median salary
$58,160
Typical range
$41k – $80k
Job outlook
+10% (faster than average)
AI exposure
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Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
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Junior Exercise Physiologists
Entry / Junior
$40,930
~2 yrs to advance
Exercise Physiologists
Established
$58,160
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Exercise Physiologists
Senior
$68,995
Key skills
A typical day
- •Develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and credentialing requirements.
- •Provide emergency or other appropriate medical care to participants with symptoms or signs of physical distress.
- •Demonstrate correct use of exercise equipment or performance of exercise routines.
- •Recommend methods to increase lifestyle physical activity.
- •Interpret exercise program participant data to evaluate progress or identify needed program changes.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
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