State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Michigan
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Michigan, $45,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.6% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.3%
Connecticut vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+25.6%
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
Michigan
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $45,520
- p25
- $33,130
- p75
- $55,900
- p10
- $28,040
- p90
- $76,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.