I don't know what it's like where you live, but where I live (Australia), PT in a commercial gym is about $60-80 in suburban areas and $100+ in inner city areas (hourly rates). How much of that makes its way into the PT's pocket depends largely on whether the PT is an employee or a franchisee/sub-contractor. In the cities here, sub-contractor positions are the norm, with very few employee positions around (because the client base is so great that the gyms can easily get away with charging their PT's for the right to work there, instead of paying them). In smaller areas, employee positions are more common, because there's not as much demand for the PT's, so gyms go without staff if they try setting up PT franchising. In a good gym (business-wise, that is), PT's will get around $20-50/hr for PT sessions, plus paid gym floor shifts at about $20/hr. Any gym manager who offers less than that to employee PT's deserves to be burried to the neck in the sand at the beach while the tide's coming in, in my brutally honest opinion. In saying that, I often hear of deals in America that would make $20/hr as a PT sound like a miracle.
