State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Georgia vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Georgia, $47,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.2%
Georgia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $47,150
- p25
- $35,240
- p75
- $58,140
- p10
- $28,330
- p90
- $80,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.