State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In North Carolina, $46,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.1%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+24%
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
North Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $46,450
- p25
- $33,210
- p75
- $60,100
- p10
- $24,910
- p90
- $74,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.