Overview & Salary

Overview

Compete in athletic events.

On the job, you would:

  • Assess performance following athletic competition, identifying strengths and weaknesses and making adjustments to improve future performance.
  • Maintain equipment used in a particular sport.
  • Attend scheduled practice or training sessions.

Education

  • no high school diploma/GED
  • bachelor's degree

Salary

Annual 10th percentile $27,730
Annual median $70,280
Annual 90th percentile $239,200

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge

Business

  • management
  • customer service

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Communications

  • multimedia

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Skills

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Social

  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • understanding people's reactions

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Personality & Abilities

Personality

Realistic

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

  • Attention to Detail
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Self Control
  • Persistence
  • Initiative

Abilities

Endurance

  • exercise for a long time without getting out of breath

Physical Strength

  • lift, push, pull, or carry
  • exercise for a long time without your muscles getting tired

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
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