Plan A
A Professional Athlete
What they do
Professional athletes practice to delevlop skills, Exercise, train, and follow special diets to stay in the best physical condition.
Work Enviorments
The work enviorment as a professional athlete is rough with competitors and teamates trying to surpass you. The sports industry is a tough and non-forgiving where skill is everything.
How to become one
No formal educational credential is typically required to become an athlete or sports competitor. Athletes must have athletic talent and extensive knowledge of their sport. They typically get such knowledge through years of experience at lower levels of competition.
Pay
The median annual wage for athletes and sports competitors was $62,360 in May 2024. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $24,960, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $239,200.
Job outlook
About 2,100 openings for athletes and sports competitors are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.
Similar occupations
Simlar occupations include coaches and scouts, trainers, instructors, recreation workers, umpires, referees, and other sport officials