State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Arkansas, $42,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.6%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $42,140
- p25
- $29,310
- p75
- $51,470
- p10
- $26,710
- p90
- $59,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.