State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Indiana vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Indiana, $34,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 41.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.6%
Indiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-31.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $34,960
- p25
- $27,280
- p75
- $47,430
- p10
- $22,410
- p90
- $56,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.