State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: California vs Connecticut
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In California, $57,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 5.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.8%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $57,990
- p25
- $45,350
- p75
- $74,160
- p10
- $36,750
- p90
- $100,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.