State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Missouri
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Missouri, $36,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.1% — not 68.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.9%
Connecticut vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+48.1%
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
Missouri
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $36,450
- p25
- $29,360
- p75
- $47,830
- p10
- $28,600
- p90
- $62,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.