Pay distribution $34,200 10th $35,090 25th $65,430 75th $79,170 90th
Half of Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in the Ithaca metro area earn more than $47,670 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,090 and $65,430.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $34,200 $35,090 $47,670 $65,430 $79,170 Hourly $16.44 $16.87 $22.92 $31.46 $38.06
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Ithaca metro areathis metro area
$47,670 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $35,090 to $65,430
$47,090 median for New York; middle half earns $35,630 to $76,360
$47,160 median for United States; middle half earns $35,280 to $61,730
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs New York overall and +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $22,030 $39,323 $56,617 $73,910 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,030 Hattiesburg, MS — $24,980 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $26,400 Tallahassee, FL — $28,180 Grand Island, NE — $28,320 Sumter, SC — $28,510 Chambersburg, PA — $28,720 Sherman-Denison, TX — $28,720 Sebring, FL — $29,190 Mobile, AL — $29,340 Canton-Massillon, OH — $29,630 Jackson, MI — $29,650 Gettysburg, PA — $29,740 Joplin, MO-KS — $29,880 Hot Springs, AR — $30,100 Lubbock, TX — $30,170 Rocky Mount, NC — $30,330 Fort Wayne, IN — $30,630 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $30,750 Mansfield, OH — $30,770 Springfield, OH — $31,020 Logan, UT-ID — $31,130 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $31,140 Decatur, IL — $31,200 Lima, OH — $31,200 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $31,380 Dothan, AL — $31,620 Manhattan, KS — $31,870 Ames, IA — $32,150 Las Cruces, NM — $32,410 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $32,670 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $32,800 Altoona, PA — $32,910 Omaha, NE-IA — $32,910 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $33,340 Topeka, KS — $33,490 Monroe, LA — $33,600 Terre Haute, IN — $33,740 Abilene, TX — $34,170 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $34,190 Lawrence, KS — $34,560 Columbus, IN — $34,690 Killeen-Temple, TX — $34,780 Iowa City, IA — $34,900 Gainesville, FL — $34,930 Laredo, TX — $34,970 Harrisonburg, VA — $35,020 Kankakee, IL — $35,040 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $35,080 Columbia, MO — $35,090 Kokomo, IN — $35,090 Lafayette, LA — $35,090 Tyler, TX — $35,110 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $35,130 Springfield, MO — $35,240 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $35,360 Williamsport, PA — $35,390 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $35,630 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $35,650 Eau Claire, WI — $35,680 Evansville, IN — $35,740 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $35,750 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $35,770 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $35,780 Utica-Rome, NY — $35,840 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $35,900 Dubuque, IA — $35,990 Springfield, IL — $36,060 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,070 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $36,250 Wichita, KS — $36,330 Kenosha, WI — $36,400 Toledo, OH — $36,400 Lynchburg, VA — $36,460 Lake Charles, LA — $36,480 Tuscaloosa, AL — $36,490 St. Louis, MO-IL — $36,500 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $36,580 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $36,580 Burlington, NC — $36,650 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $36,650 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $36,690 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $36,700 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $36,850 Columbus, GA-AL — $36,990 Lincoln, NE — $36,990 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $37,120 Florence, SC — $37,130 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $37,260 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $37,290 Lebanon, PA — $37,290 Rockford, IL — $37,290 Dover, DE — $37,350 Mankato, MN — $37,390 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $37,400 Columbus, OH — $37,410 Johnstown, PA — $37,410 York-Hanover, PA — $37,410 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $37,440 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $37,450 Erie, PA — $37,510 Duluth, MN-WI — $37,540 El Paso, TX — $37,550 Fargo, ND-MN — $37,570 Niles, MI — $37,700 Cedar Rapids, IA — $37,790 Traverse City, MI — $37,810 Valdosta, GA — $37,810 Waco, TX — $37,830 Jackson, MS — $37,900 Ocala, FL — $37,930 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $37,960 College Station-Bryan, TX — $37,970 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,980 Amarillo, TX — $38,020 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,030 Winston-Salem, NC — $38,080 St. Cloud, MN — $38,160 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $38,170 Bloomington, IN — $38,290 Glens Falls, NY — $38,390 Sheboygan, WI — $38,390 Cleveland, OH — $38,420 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $38,490 Elizabethtown, KY — $38,550 Kansas City, MO-KS — $38,550 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,610 Roanoke, VA — $38,650 Jefferson City, MO — $38,670 Morgantown, WV — $38,690 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $38,700 Punta Gorda, FL — $38,800 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,810 Johnson City, TN — $38,880 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $38,890 Charleston, WV — $39,090 Richmond, VA — $39,110 Wheeling, WV-OH — $39,140 Jacksonville, NC — $39,330 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $39,660 Bloomington, IL — $39,720 Bismarck, ND — $39,770 Grand Junction, CO — $39,770 Visalia, CA — $39,770 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $39,870 Baton Rouge, LA — $40,000 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $40,010 Rochester, MN — $40,460 Winchester, VA-WV — $40,590 Midland, TX — $40,690 San Angelo, TX — $40,770 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $40,830 Hammond, LA — $40,900 Port St. Lucie, FL — $41,180 Jackson, TN — $41,260 Appleton, WI — $41,330 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $41,440 Corpus Christi, TX — $41,600 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $41,660 Helena, MT — $41,840 Birmingham, AL — $41,850 Reading, PA — $41,880 Odessa, TX — $42,110 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $42,210 Elmira, NY — $42,240 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $42,450 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $42,570 Great Falls, MT — $42,810 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $42,870 Charlottesville, VA — $42,900 Billings, MT — $42,920 Fairbanks-College, AK — $42,950 Farmington, NM — $43,070 Vineland, NJ — $43,140 State College, PA — $43,170 Rome, GA — $43,330 Akron, OH — $43,510 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $43,750 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $43,750 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $43,770 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $43,780 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $43,880 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $43,880 Peoria, IL — $43,900 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $44,060 Wausau, WI — $44,120 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $44,170 Lancaster, PA — $44,200 Albany, GA — $44,210 Clarksville, TN-KY — $44,250 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $44,390 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $44,570 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,630 Anchorage, AK — $44,680 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $44,680 Pueblo, CO — $44,680 Spartanburg, SC — $44,760 Flagstaff, AZ — $44,790 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $44,790 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $44,870 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $44,890 Greenville, NC — $44,920 Green Bay, WI — $44,940 Tulsa, OK — $44,970 Missoula, MT — $45,120 Huntsville, AL — $45,160 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,180 Syracuse, NY — $45,200 Montgomery, AL — $45,220 Albuquerque, NM — $45,250 Cleveland, TN — $45,250 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $45,490 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $45,520 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $45,530 Bangor, ME — $45,540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,590 Fayetteville, NC — $45,620 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,640 Warner Robins, GA — $45,640 Savannah, GA — $45,650 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $45,690 Battle Creek, MI — $45,800 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $45,820 Gainesville, GA — $45,830 Columbia, SC — $45,870 Ogden, UT — $45,870 Merced, CA — $45,890 Bowling Green, KY — $45,930 Pittsburgh, PA — $45,950 Jacksonville, FL — $45,990 Knoxville, TN — $45,990 Oklahoma City, OK — $46,090 Wichita Falls, TX — $46,090 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $46,110 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $46,190 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,190 Saginaw, MI — $46,300 Casper, WY — $46,400 Wilmington, NC — $46,450 Rapid City, SD — $46,530 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $46,630 Bozeman, MT — $46,720 Salisbury, MD — $46,720 Chico, CA — $46,790 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,810 Yakima, WA — $46,860 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $46,880 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $46,880 Binghamton, NY — $46,910 Tucson, AZ — $46,950 Pocatello, ID — $46,960 Colorado Springs, CO — $47,120 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,140 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $47,280 Victoria, TX — $47,400 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $47,560 Ithaca, NY — $47,670 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,680 Kingston, NY — $47,840 Asheville, NC — $47,910 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $47,920 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,960 Lexington Park, MD — $47,990 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $48,040 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $48,050 Longview-Kelso, WA — $48,060 Modesto, CA — $48,160 Urban Honolulu, HI — $48,200 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,300 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $48,320 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $48,430 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $48,450 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $48,540 Lawton, OK — $48,540 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $48,570 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $48,600 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $48,630 St. George, UT — $48,630 Greeley, CO — $48,660 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,660 Madison, WI — $48,720 Twin Falls, ID — $48,780 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,800 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $48,860 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,860 Albany, OR — $49,100 Idaho Falls, ID — $49,100 Rochester, NY — $49,330 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,410 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $49,780 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $49,800 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $49,840 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $50,050 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $50,160 Bellingham, WA — $50,200 Grants Pass, OR — $50,250 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $50,260 Boise City, ID — $50,450 Lewiston, ID-WA — $50,550 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $50,580 Flint, MI — $50,740 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $51,240 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $51,660 Boulder, CO — $51,820 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $52,000 Redding, CA — $52,000 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $52,130 Fresno, CA — $52,130 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $52,350 Medford, OR — $52,400 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $52,690 Ann Arbor, MI — $52,720 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $52,820 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $53,320 Salem, OR — $53,540 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $53,580 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $53,610 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $53,630 Springfield, MA — $54,440 Portland-South Portland, ME — $54,850 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $55,010 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $55,120 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $55,620 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $56,380 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $56,420 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $57,230 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $57,630 Corvallis, OR — $58,310 Napa, CA — $58,590 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $59,300 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $59,570 Vallejo, CA — $59,720 Worcester, MA — $59,800 Yuba City, CA — $59,810 Salinas, CA — $59,910 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $60,060 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $60,170 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $60,580 Bend, OR — $60,670 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $60,690 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $61,000 Pittsfield, MA — $61,410 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $61,440 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $62,010 Barnstable Town, MA — $62,400 Carson City, NV — $62,400 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $62,500 Reno, NV — $64,300 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $65,190 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $65,990 New Haven, CT — $72,800 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $73,910 Ithaca metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Ithaca metro area has the 96th-highest published median for this occupation among the 352 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in New York Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for exercise trainers and group fitness instructors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Ithaca metro areathis page
$47,670 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $35,090 to $65,430
$53,630 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $36,780 to $72,660
$53,580 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $37,540 to $83,770
$49,330 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $34,040 to $58,660
$47,920 median for Buffalo metro area; middle half earns $35,390 to $62,400
$47,840 median for Kingston metro area; middle half earns $44,940 to $61,050
$46,910 median for Binghamton metro area; middle half earns $33,280 to $63,560
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .