State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Ohio, $36,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.8% — not 77.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+77.7%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+55.8%
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
Ohio
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $36,370
- p25
- $28,830
- p75
- $49,220
- p10
- $24,040
- p90
- $59,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.