State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Alabama, $39,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.8% — not 39.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.4%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-27.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $39,180
- p25
- $26,940
- p75
- $48,620
- p10
- $19,330
- p90
- $57,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Massachusetts
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $64,620
- p25
- $50,760
- p75
- $96,140
- p10
- $36,110
- p90
- $105,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.