State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In South Dakota, $40,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 61.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.3%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+35.1%
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 Dakota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $40,070
- p25
- $33,960
- p75
- $47,490
- p10
- $30,090
- p90
- $58,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.