State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Iowa
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Iowa, $36,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.3% — not 70.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.3%
Connecticut vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+44.3%
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
Iowa
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $36,160
- p25
- $28,350
- p75
- $44,750
- p10
- $24,660
- p90
- $52,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.