State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Missouri, $36,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.1% — not 77.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+77.3%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+52.1%
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
Missouri
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $36,450
- p25
- $29,360
- p75
- $47,830
- p10
- $28,600
- p90
- $62,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.