State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs North Dakota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In North Dakota, $37,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.1% — not 63.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.1%
Connecticut vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+40.1%
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
North Dakota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $37,760
- p25
- $33,830
- p75
- $47,060
- p10
- $30,140
- p90
- $60,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.