State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs South Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In South Carolina, $43,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.1%
Connecticut vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+27.7%
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
South Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $43,630
- p25
- $31,310
- p75
- $50,980
- p10
- $22,730
- p90
- $62,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.