State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs North Dakota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In North Dakota, $37,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44% — not 71.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.1%
Massachusetts vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+44%
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 Dakota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $37,760
- p25
- $33,830
- p75
- $47,060
- p10
- $30,140
- p90
- $60,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.