State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Connecticut vs Virginia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Connecticut earn a median of $61,580. In Virginia, $40,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.2% — not 50.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.9%
Connecticut vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+47.2%
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
Virginia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $40,820
- p25
- $30,750
- p75
- $54,410
- p10
- $26,560
- p90
- $74,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.