State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Iowa, $36,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.6% — not 44%.
Nominal pay gap
-44%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-32.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $36,160
- p25
- $28,350
- p75
- $44,750
- p10
- $24,660
- p90
- $52,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.