Headline risk
1%
Very Low RiskExercise physiologists
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
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.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 58,160
Employment 2024
23.9K
Projected Change (2024–34)
9.5%
Openings (2024–34)
1.7K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of exercise physiologists is projected to grow 9 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and credentialing requirements. AI use: 0%
- 2. Provide emergency or other appropriate medical care to participants with symptoms or signs of physical distress. AI use: 0%
- 3. Demonstrate correct use of exercise equipment or performance of exercise routines. AI use: 0%
- 4. Recommend methods to increase lifestyle physical activity. AI use: 0%
- 5. Interpret exercise program participant data to evaluate progress or identify needed program changes. AI use: 0%
- 6. Prescribe individualized exercise programs, specifying equipment, such as treadmill, exercise bicycle, ergometers, or perceptual goggles. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 39.6 · 281K employed
Under 25: 12% · 25–54: 67% · 55+: 21%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
major_group_fallback · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Exercise physiologists develop fitness and exercise programs to help people improve their health.
Most exercise physiologists are self-employed or work for hospitals. Exercise physiologists usually work full time, but part-time work may be common.
Exercise physiologists typically need a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, exercise physiology, or a related field to enter the occupation.
The median annual wage for exercise physiologists was $58,160 in May 2024.
Employment of exercise physiologists is projected to grow 9 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.