Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors job market in Missouri

Industries employing exercise trainers and group fitness instructors are growing faster in Missouri

In early 2026, employment in those industries was up 1.3% from a year earlier, compared with a 0.7% increase nationwide.

These are industry-wide trends, not a count of jobs in this occupation or current openings.

+1.3%Industry employmentU.S. +0.7%State data coverage: 99.97%
+3.9%EstablishmentsU.S. +2.6%State data coverage: 99.97%
+1.5%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +2.8%State data coverage: 99.97%
31,367Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 83.0%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors in Missouri

Every published quarter

BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the Missouri series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors in Missouri, with the published state data coverage for each quarter
QuarterMissouriState data coverage
2024 Q2+1.9%100%
2024 Q3+1.0%100%
2024 Q4+1.0%100%
2025 Q1-0.3%99.97%
2025 Q2-0.1%99.97%
2025 Q3+0.2%99.97%
2025 Q4+0.6%99.97%
2026 Q1+1.3%99.97%

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors in Missouri
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Leisure and hospitality68.4%+1.4%17,366$563
Other services14.5%+0.4%14,001$951
Private education and health services12.0%+2.0%77,340$1,199
State and local4.5%+0.3%8,659$1,075
Professional and business services0.3%-0.3%45,495$1,851
Financial activities0.1%-0.3%21,987$2,368
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
January to March 2026
BLS publication date
August 28, 2026
Source verification
Verified September 17, 2026
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

The publication date above is the official BLS news release date for this reference quarter, linked to the notice. The values match the snapshot independently checked against BLS sources on September 17, 2026. The publication date identifies the quarterly news release, not the exact revision date. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors. These figures describe the industries that employ Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors report and about the data.