Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,714
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$7,906
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,288
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$43,620
Kept after tax
$35,714
Worth in national money
$36,288
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Minnesota pays this job a middle wage of $43,620, 35 of 51 states and about 7.51% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Minnesota this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 426. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $43,620, take-home of $35,714 is worth roughly $36,288 in national money. The average comes to $46,190, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota's $43,620 median for exercise trainers and group fitness instructors places it 35 of 51 states, about 7.51% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Minnesota reports, exercise trainers and group fitness instructors ranks 426 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for exercise trainers and group fitness instructors, whose median is $43,620, the adjusted figure of $36,288 differs little from $35,714 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $46,190 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,650 |
| This salary | $43,620 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Minnesota | $35,714 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,229 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,023 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $41,734 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,447 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,620 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,660 and the ninetieth is $66,650 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $35,714 take-home in Minnesota comes from $43,620. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 426 of 490.
- Two cautions on $36,288, the adjusted value of that $43,620 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Minnesota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 426 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $43,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,660 to $66,650. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $35,714, from $43,620, assumes a single Minnesota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 426 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 51 for it.
- This $36,288 adjusted figure, worked from $43,620, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 426 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 426 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $46,190 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $29,660 at the bottom tenth to $66,650 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Minnesota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $36,288 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Minnesota's own levy, $35,714 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Minnesota is $46,190. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($29,660) and the ninetieth ($66,650) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $36,288 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $35,714 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.