State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In South Carolina, $43,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.2% — not 48.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.1%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+31.2%
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
South Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $43,630
- p25
- $31,310
- p75
- $50,980
- p10
- $22,730
- p90
- $62,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.