State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Montana
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Montana, $43,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 40.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.1%
Connecticut vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+28%
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
Montana
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $43,940
- p25
- $33,930
- p75
- $52,150
- p10
- $29,510
- p90
- $75,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.