State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: District of Columbia vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In District of Columbia, $39,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.2% — not 34.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.5%
District of Columbia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-35.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $39,210
- p25
- $37,340
- p75
- $64,640
- p10
- $37,080
- p90
- $80,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.