State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs Michigan
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Michigan, $45,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.1% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
+42%
Massachusetts vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+29.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Michigan
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $45,520
- p25
- $33,130
- p75
- $55,900
- p10
- $28,040
- p90
- $76,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.