State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In Virginia, $40,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.3% — not 58.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.3%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+51.3%
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
Virginia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $40,820
- p25
- $30,750
- p75
- $54,410
- p10
- $26,560
- p90
- $74,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.