State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Mississippi
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Mississippi, $30,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 69.3% — not 101.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+101.6%
Connecticut vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+69.3%
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
Mississippi
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $30,540
- p25
- $21,960
- p75
- $47,410
- p10
- $18,720
- p90
- $63,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.