State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Arkansas vs Connecticut
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Arkansas, $42,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.6%
Arkansas vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $42,140
- p25
- $29,310
- p75
- $51,470
- p10
- $26,710
- p90
- $59,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
Connecticut
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $61,580
- p25
- $45,660
- p75
- $80,790
- p10
- $34,010
- p90
- $103,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.