State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Louisiana
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Louisiana, $44,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 38.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.7%
Connecticut vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+18.1%
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
Louisiana
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $44,410
- p25
- $25,040
- p75
- $51,190
- p10
- $21,190
- p90
- $60,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.