State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In New Mexico, $44,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 44.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.6%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+26%
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
New Mexico
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $44,680
- p25
- $30,210
- p75
- $50,960
- p10
- $26,620
- p90
- $58,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.