State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Kentucky
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Kentucky, $45,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
+36%
Connecticut vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+18.4%
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
Kentucky
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $45,280
- p25
- $35,090
- p75
- $55,080
- p10
- $23,720
- p90
- $70,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.