State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Arkansas, $42,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 34.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.8%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.6%
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
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.