State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Hawaii vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Hawaii, $48,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.3%
Hawaii vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-20.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $48,290
- p25
- $42,620
- p75
- $61,080
- p10
- $33,420
- p90
- $81,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.