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Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors pay in Delaware and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors is $44,340 per year in Delaware. It is $64,620 per year in Massachusetts. Delaware is 31.4% below Massachusetts 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 1,210 wage and salary jobs in Delaware and 9,200 in Massachusetts. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings