State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Arizona vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Arizona, $47,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.9%
Arizona vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $47,980
- p25
- $34,510
- p75
- $59,110
- p10
- $30,770
- p90
- $83,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.