Goodlife Health Clubs & Fitness First Pay Rates 2026: Instructor, Reception & Casual Pay
What Goodlife Health Clubs & Fitness First workers should be paid in 2026 — the Fitness Industry Award floor by classification, casual loading, penalties, and where the Goodlife Health Clubs & Fitness First enterprise agreements sit.
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Who covers Goodlife Health Clubs & Fitness First workers — award or agreement?
Goodlife Health Clubs and Fitness First are the two big-box gym chains of Fitness and Lifestyle Group, with clubs across the capital cities. Club staff include member services and reception, group fitness and gym-floor instructors, personal trainers and club managers; many personal trainers are contractors rather than employees, which changes the pay rules entirely.
Employed club staff are covered by the Fitness Industry Award 2020. The award ladder below is the floor for reception, instructor and supervisor roles; if you are a contractor PT, none of it applies and you should check whether you are genuinely running your own business.
The federal awards relevant to Goodlife Health Clubs & Fitness First roles:
- Fitness Industry Award 2020 (MA000094)
Workforce snapshot. In its 2024-25 report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Fitness And Lifestyle Group Bidco Pty Ltd declared 4,639 employees across 5 reporting entities — 74.5% casual and 64.9% women, with 590 in management roles. Source: WGEA 2025 Public Data File, data.gov.au (CC-BY 3.0 AU).
Fitness award floor (1 July 2026)
The Fitness Industry Award 2020 (MA000094) adult minimums are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 (introductory — reception, crèche, cleaning) | $25.74/hr | $32.17/hr |
| Level 2 (customer service, gym floor supervision) | $26.44/hr | $33.05/hr |
| Level 3 (Cert III instructor, swim instructor) | $27.97/hr | $34.96/hr |
| Level 3A (Cert III/IV instructor with responsibilities) | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
| Level 4 (Cert IV personal trainer, group fitness) | $30.66/hr | $38.33/hr |
| Level 4A (senior instructor) | $32.13/hr | $40.16/hr |
| Level 5 (supervisor/coordinator) | $33.87/hr | $42.34/hr |
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
Does Goodlife Health Clubs & Fitness First have an enterprise agreement?
As at 6 September 2026, our corpus of 14,141 federally registered enterprise agreements holds no current agreement for Goodlife Health Clubs & Fitness First. That usually means one of three things: the employer pays on the award (or on individual contracts above it), the agreement covering you is registered under a different entity name (check the employer name on your payslip and search our agreements database), or — for state public-sector employers — pay is set by a state award or agreement outside the federal register. If you have a copy of an agreement that names Goodlife Health Clubs & Fitness First, it beats the award figures above.
Common leisure pay issues at Goodlife Health Clubs & Fitness First
The patterns worth checking on a Goodlife Health Clubs & Fitness First payslip:
- Contractor personal trainers who are really employees — set hours, uniforms, club-sold sessions.
- Instructors paid for class time only, not set-up, pack-down and mandatory meetings.
- Wrong level for qualifications — Cert IV trainers paid at Level 3.
- Early-morning and weekend loadings missing.
What to do if your pay looks wrong
Match your payslip to your classification in the agreement (or the award tables above), and price any gap with our back-pay calculator. Raise it in writing with payroll or your manager first — most underpayments are fixed at that step. Unresolved, the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) recovers underpayments at no cost, up to six years back, and your union can run the claim for you. Not sure which instrument covers you? Ask our AI advisor with your role and location.
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General information and estimates only — not legal, financial or tax advice. Always check your specific award, agreement or contract, or a qualified professional, before you rely on the result.
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Ran Kirkwood Landscaping in Bendigo for eight years before moving into trade supply operations. Writes about Modern Award compliance, employer obligations, and contractor classification from an operator's perspective. Cert IV in Small Business Management (La Trobe TAFE Bendigo, 2014). Based in Kangaroo Flat, Victoria.