State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In West Virginia, $38,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.4% — not 69.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.5%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+43.4%
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
West Virginia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $38,120
- p25
- $28,150
- p75
- $45,050
- p10
- $22,290
- p90
- $55,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.