State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Rhode Island, $45,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 41.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.6%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+36.9%
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
Rhode Island
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $45,640
- p25
- $36,240
- p75
- $77,180
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $77,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.