State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Alabama, $39,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 34.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.6%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-19.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $39,180
- p25
- $26,940
- p75
- $48,620
- p10
- $19,330
- p90
- $57,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $59,870
- p25
- $39,300
- p75
- $80,020
- p10
- $34,620
- p90
- $104,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.