State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Illinois, $46,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.8%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-15%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $46,800
- p25
- $35,190
- p75
- $61,960
- p10
- $31,210
- p90
- $92,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.