State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Rhode Island
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Rhode Island, $45,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.2% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.9%
Connecticut vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+33.2%
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
Rhode Island
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $45,640
- p25
- $36,240
- p75
- $77,180
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $77,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.