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Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors is $47,960 per year in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. It is $73,910 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 35.1% below Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-9031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 5,530 wage and salary jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and 1,120 in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.