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Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors pay in Baton Rouge, LA and Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors is $40,000 per year in Baton Rouge, LA. It is $73,910 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. Baton Rouge, LA is 45.9% 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 600 wage and salary jobs in Baton Rouge, LA 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.