State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Tennessee
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Tennessee, $47,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
Connecticut vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
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
Tennessee
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $47,380
- p25
- $32,560
- p75
- $59,190
- p10
- $26,000
- p90
- $74,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.