How Much Does a Private Soccer Trainer Make? (Real Numbers)
Google "how much does a private soccer trainer make" and you'll get Glassdoor telling you $44 to $67 an hour. That's employee thinking — and it's the reason most trainers stay broke.
Here's what trainers who run it like a business actually make. Real numbers, real coaches.
The real range
- $18,000/year — where Hector started his first year. Solo, no systems, selling sessions.
- $200,000+/year — where Hector ended up a few years later. Same coach, different business.
- $500,000/year — Coach Marcus. Started part-time. Fully implemented the model, now does half a million a year.
- $59,000 sales months — Brendon Vella, stacking record months back to back.
- $51,845 in a single month — Nick Aldiero. One month.
- $80,000/month — my highest-earning coaching client right now.
That's the range I've seen across training businesses: $18K a year on one end, half a million on the other.
What separates the two ends
It isn't coaching ability. The $40K-a-year trainer and the $200K-a-year trainer often coach at the same level. The difference is the business around the coaching:
- Pricing. The low end sells $60–100 sessions. The high end sells $3,000+ programs. Ten players at $3,000 is $30,000 — fewer clients, multiples of the revenue.
- Systems. Payment setup, agreements, follow-up, scripts for parent conversations. The high earners don't improvise — they run a system.
- Marketing. The high end runs promotions every month, runs simple local ads, and creates content that makes offers. The low end waits for referrals.
The math
A $3,000 program × 50 players a year = $150,000. That's fifty players — not five hundred. They just never packaged what they do into something worth $3,000.
Flip it: at $75 a session, you'd need 2,000 sessions a year to gross $150K. That's 40 sessions a week, every week, with no cancellations. The session model caps you. The program model frees you.
The bottom line
A private soccer trainer makes whatever their business model allows them to make. Sell hours, and you'll make an hourly wage with a hard ceiling. Sell programs with systems behind them, and the numbers above are what's possible.
The quality of the customer determines the success of the business — and nothing upgrades your customer quality faster than upgrading your price.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a private soccer trainer make a year?
$18,000 on the low end (solo, selling sessions) to $200,000+ with programs and systems behind the coaching. Coach Marcus does $500,000 a year.
Can you make a full-time living as a private soccer trainer?
Yes — selling $3,000+ programs, not $75 sessions. A $3,000 program × 50 players a year = $150,000.
What separates a $40K-a-year trainer from a $200K-a-year trainer?
Not coaching ability — the business around it. Pricing, systems, and marketing.
How many clients do I need to make $150K a year?
Fifty players a year on a $3,000 program. Not five hundred. They just never packaged what they do into something worth $3,000.
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