State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Pennsylvania, $45,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.7% — not 42.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.8%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+31.7%
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
Pennsylvania
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $45,250
- p25
- $33,030
- p75
- $57,830
- p10
- $27,780
- p90
- $67,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.