State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs North Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In North Carolina, $46,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.7% — not 32.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.6%
Connecticut vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+20.7%
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
North Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $46,450
- p25
- $33,210
- p75
- $60,100
- p10
- $24,910
- p90
- $74,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.