State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Illinois
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Illinois, $46,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.6%
Connecticut vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+27%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Illinois
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $46,800
- p25
- $35,190
- p75
- $61,960
- p10
- $31,210
- p90
- $92,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.