State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Tennessee, $47,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.4%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+18.5%
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
Tennessee
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $47,380
- p25
- $32,560
- p75
- $59,190
- p10
- $26,000
- p90
- $74,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.