50+ Personal Care & Fitness Jobs in Tampa, FL

Observed local wage anchors are a 2025 metro median of $34,290 per year across the broader personal care and service family and a 25th-75th range of $29,050 to $43,520, while a narrower trainer-specific local wage point is an older $19.07/hour from May 2022. Directional posting data is higher for some current openings, with hourly-paid roles centering on about $20 to $41 / hour, but that is a sample of advertised roles rather than a market-wide median.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 46 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $55,250 at the 25th percentile, $65,286 at the median and $102,960 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 16, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced market leaning competitive over the next 3-6 months. Tampa still showed more than 75 recent Personal Care & Fitness postings across more than 30 companies, and Florida category-specific postings were up 1.9% year-over-year in September 2026 even while Florida postings across all occupations were down 6.6%. But Tampa unemployment was 4.7 percent in August 2026 and metro Other Services employment slipped 1.0733% year-over-year, so employers have room to be selective and demand is not broad-based across every sub-role. The clearest opportunities are in on-site, entry-level fitness and wellness roles rather than flexible remote work or universally high-paying personal care jobs.

Best positioned: Candidates with CPR/AED, an NCCA-aligned personal training certification, and proof they can retain clients or sell packages have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume “fitness” means easy hiring or premium pay: local pay centers much lower than the top-end figures, about 95% of openings are on-site, and the typical active posting has been open around 38 days.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 56 openings in this market. 7 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa, Inc.: 13 open roles
2. Hand & Stone Corp.: 11 open roles
3. Fgg Spa, Llc.: 6 open roles
4. YMCA of the Suncoast: 3 open roles
5. Amped Fitness: 2 open roles
6. Hyatt Regency: 2 open roles
7. Restore: 2 open roles
8. AdventHealth: 1 open role
9. Artistic: 1 open role
10. BayCare Health System, Inc.: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Tampa: 14
• Clearwater: 6
• Wesley Chapel: 5
• Palm Harbor: 4
• Temple Terrace: 4
• Brandon: 4
• St. Petersburg: 3
• Lutz: 3

Work arrangement

on-site 51 (100%)

Where the demand is

The clearest concentration is in fitness-led employers and settings. In the local posting sample, health, wellness & fitness accounts for about 50% of postings and wellness and fitness services another about 15%, with healthcare around 10% and hospitality and retail about 5% each. Named local employers and operators showing up across the evidence include Svetness, Life Time, Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, Crunch Fitness, and LA Fitness. Fresh local activity also lines up with that fitness concentration. [solidcore] planned a new Water Street Tampa studio for fall 2026, LA Fitness was under construction on a 29,944-square-foot club at Tampa RITHM, Crunch South Tampa advertised special group classes for its 10-year anniversary, and Hillsborough County's Tampa Bay Active Life Games ran from September 28 through October 9 and draws hundreds of adults age 50 and older each year. That points to demand for coaches who can teach groups, serve older adults, and work inside clubs, studios, or recreation programs rather than purely online. The weaker area is coverage, not necessarily opportunity, outside fitness. Beauty, pet grooming, and childcare are inside this category, but this bundle has thinner Tampa role-level hiring detail for them; the clearest non-fitness local signals are Sparkle Grooming Co.'s plan for five area salons and Florida's ongoing childcare training requirements.

• Commercial gyms, studios, and mobile training (high): Most posting activity sits here; health, wellness & fitness makes up about 50% of the local sample and wellness and fitness services another about 15%.
• Community recreation and active-aging programming (moderate): Local public programming is visible through the Tampa Bay Active Life Games, which ran from September 28 through October 9 and attracts hundreds of older adults each year.
• Beauty, pet grooming, and childcare slices (limited): These are still part of the category, but evidence is thinner than for fitness; the standout local signals are Sparkle Grooming Co.'s planned five-salon expansion and Florida child care training requirements.

Where to focus: If you want the best odds in the next 90 days, aim first at on-site gyms, studios, mobile-training firms, and public recreation programs where CPR/AED, client assessment, and small-group instruction can be demonstrated immediately.

Roles worth searching next

• Gym membership sales or fitness advisor: It uses the same client-facing energy, health interest, and retention mindset as training, but gets you into the employer faster.
• Studio front desk or member services coordinator: It is a practical entry point into boutique studios and lets you learn scheduling, member experience, and class operations from inside the brand.
• Physical therapy aide or rehab tech: Exercise knowledge, cueing, and body-mechanics awareness transfer well into rehab support settings.
• Community wellness or recreation program coordinator: Group instruction, event support, and active-aging programming overlap well with fitness and recreation backgrounds.

What postings ask for

• CPR/AED certification (table_stakes | immediate): It shows up in about half of local postings and appears both as a certification and a skill keyword, so it is close to a screening requirement for fitness-facing roles. Who: Anyone applying to trainer, instructor, camp, or recreation roles.
• Certified Personal Trainer credential from an NCCA-aligned program (table_stakes | immediate): About 40% of local postings explicitly call for a certified personal trainer credential tied to NCCA, DEAC, or NBFE, and NCCA accreditation is described as the hiring benchmark for most commercial gyms. Who: Entry-level applicants, switchers, and anyone targeting commercial clubs.
• Client assessment and workout programming (differentiator | immediate): Local postings most often ask for personal training, client assessment, fitness instruction, and workout programming, which means employers want people who can build and adapt plans, not just supervise exercise. Who: All trainer-track candidates, especially those moving beyond floor roles.
• Nutrition knowledge and exercise demonstration (differentiator | near-term): Nutrition knowledge appears in about 45% of local skill signals and exercise demonstration in about 40%, making them strong interview separators for coach-facing roles. Who: Candidates who want group instruction, transformation coaching, or premium-session work.
• Client retention, package conversion, and sales confidence (premium | immediate): Local demand signals mention client retention, and fitness employers nationally report readiness gaps around client acquisition, retention, and sales confidence even when candidates already hold credentials. Who: Mid-career trainers, mobile coaches, and anyone paid partly on sessions or packages.
• Behavior change and wellness coaching (premium | near-term): Behavior change and wellness coaching is emerging as a core trainer skill in 2026 as clients need habit support, not just workouts. Who: Coaches targeting longevity, busy professionals, or clients with stop-start adherence patterns.

Questions about this market

What do Personal Care & Fitness roles pay in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

Observed local wage anchors are a 2025 metro median of $34,290 per year across the broader personal care and service family and a 25th-75th range of $29,050 to $43,520, while a narrower trainer-specific local wage point is an older $19.07/hour from May 2022. Directional posting data is higher for some current openings, with hourly-paid roles centering on about $20 to $41 / hour, but that is a sample of advertised roles rather than a market-wide median. In plain English: this is workable pay if you are stacking sessions, classes, tips, or commission, but it is not automatically high enough to feel comfortable in a metro where living costs run approximately 3.2% above the national average.

Where is demand for Personal Care & Fitness roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL concentrated?

The clearest concentration is in fitness-led employers and settings. In the local posting sample, health, wellness & fitness accounts for about 50% of postings and wellness and fitness services another about 15%, with healthcare around 10% and hospitality and retail about 5% each. Named local employers and operators showing up across the evidence include Svetness, Life Time, Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, Crunch Fitness, and LA Fitness. Fresh local activity also lines up with that fitness concentration. [solidcore] planned a new Water Street Tampa studio for fall 2026, LA Fitness was under construction on a 29,944-square-foot club at Tampa RITHM, Crunch South Tampa advertised special group classes for its 10-year anniversary, and Hillsborough County's Tampa Bay Active Life Games ran from September 28 through October 9 and draws hundreds of adults age 50 and older each year. That points to demand for coaches who can teach groups, serve older adults, and work inside clubs, studios, or recreation programs rather than purely online. The weaker area is coverage, not necessarily opportunity, outside fitness. Beauty, pet grooming, and childcare are inside this category, but this bundle has thinner Tampa role-level hiring detail for them; the clearest non-fitness local signals are Sparkle Grooming Co.'s plan for five area salons and Florida's ongoing childcare training requirements.

Which employers are hiring the most Personal Care & Fitness talent in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

Recent postings show the most activity from Svetness (40 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Personal Care & Fitness roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% are remote and 4% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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