State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Arizona, $47,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.8%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-22%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $47,980
- p25
- $34,510
- p75
- $59,110
- p10
- $30,770
- p90
- $83,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.