Coaching Niches
The cross-section
Shallow · Picked over

Health and wellness

Broad and shallow, and competing with software.

Typical annual income

$52,000 to $77,000

PayScale, ZipRecruiter, Glassdoor

Hourly

$75 to $200/hr

PayScale, Estimate

Depth and crowding

Shallow to enter

Picked over

ICF 2025, Estimate

The catch

You are priced against a $17 app with a coach attached. The niche is very crowded and the buyer has cheap substitutes.

Who already has the raw material

Background is the strongest single predictor of whether a niche works out, because it decides how long you spend building credibility before anyone pays you.

What buyers require first

Who the client actually is

An individual chasing a physical outcome, often after trying an app first.

Work arrives through instagram, referrals and gym and clinic partnerships. Picking a niche is also picking which of those you are willing to do every week for a year.

Next to it in the section

Weigh it against

Rates shown here are the headline bands. Full health and wellness rates, packages and rates by experience sit on our sister site.