State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In New York, $47,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.2%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+40%
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 York
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $47,090
- p25
- $35,630
- p75
- $76,360
- p10
- $34,300
- p90
- $105,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.