State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Mississippi, $30,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 74% — not 111.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+111.6%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+74%
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
Mississippi
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $30,540
- p25
- $21,960
- p75
- $47,410
- p10
- $18,720
- p90
- $63,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.