State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Colorado, $49,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $49,900
- p25
- $39,190
- p75
- $62,670
- p10
- $34,110
- p90
- $87,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.