State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: California vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In California, $57,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.8% — not 3.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.1%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-4.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $57,990
- p25
- $45,350
- p75
- $74,160
- p10
- $36,750
- p90
- $100,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.