State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs New Mexico
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In New Mexico, $44,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.7% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.8%
Connecticut vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+22.7%
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
New Mexico
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $44,680
- p25
- $30,210
- p75
- $50,960
- p10
- $26,620
- p90
- $58,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.