State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Illinois, $46,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.4% — not 27.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.6%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-23.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $46,800
- p25
- $35,190
- p75
- $61,960
- p10
- $31,210
- p90
- $92,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
Massachusetts
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $64,620
- p25
- $50,760
- p75
- $96,140
- p10
- $36,110
- p90
- $105,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.