YMCA Pay Structure for Trainers?

[bluebarbell]

Does anyone have experience of the pay structure for personal trainers that work at the YMCA?

[getbigordie18]

Does anyone have experience of the pay structure for personal trainers that work at the YMCA?

No, I assume its hourly and per client however it depends on what you are doing there. I dont belong to a YMCA however there are many nearby. I know a lot of personal trainers and I assume its similar to a commercial gym.

[KyleAaron]

It depends on the country. Where are you?

[bluebarbell]

United Staes

It depends on the country. Where are you?

[KyleAaron]

It varies even more between the various states, because of state laws, etc. Most will try to do only the minimum under state and federal law, because they think that's the way to profit.

The better YMCAs will have you do a base of paid gym instructor shifts, cleaning and chatting to members and doing appointments introducing them to the place. So there's your base income. Some places will ensure there are multiple staff on at all times, others will go stingy and have the minimum to avoid the place becoming a complete mess. As with commercial gyms, usually the higher-income areas will be better-staffed, the low-income areas more neglected.

From that base of gyms shifts you build your personal training client base. You don't set your fees, the gym sets them the same for all trainers and collects them, and passes on to you a percentage, based on your pay band, in other words your experience. Some places will promote personal training heavily, others will be barely aware it exists.

Commercial gyms likewise vary, but because they all aim at profit, they converge to certain approaches; YMCAs (along with local council-run gyms) are non-profit and community-focused, which means they can do all sorts of dumb sht and claim it's for community, in fact the goals are closer than is commonly-imagined - signing people up and getting them to stay helps their health more than not signing them up and not getting them to stay, and if you make a profit you can put it into the local community in the form of free training for the disabled, concessional rates for low-income people, etc.