State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs Montana
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Montana, $43,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.5% — not 47.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.1%
Massachusetts vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+31.5%
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
Montana
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $43,940
- p25
- $33,930
- p75
- $52,150
- p10
- $29,510
- p90
- $75,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.