State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Idaho vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Idaho, $49,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.3% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.9%
Idaho vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $49,780
- p25
- $44,270
- p75
- $59,210
- p10
- $29,170
- p90
- $76,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.