State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Minnesota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Minnesota, $43,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.4% — not 41.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.2%
Connecticut vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+34.4%
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
Minnesota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $43,620
- p25
- $32,150
- p75
- $51,020
- p10
- $29,660
- p90
- $66,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.