State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Alaska, $46,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.8%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-18%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $46,210
- p25
- $37,020
- p75
- $57,460
- p10
- $27,700
- p90
- $61,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.