State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs South Dakota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In South Dakota, $40,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.4% — not 53.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.7%
Connecticut vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+31.4%
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 Dakota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $40,070
- p25
- $33,960
- p75
- $47,490
- p10
- $30,090
- p90
- $58,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.