State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Kansas vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Kansas, $35,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.6% — not 40%.
Nominal pay gap
-40%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-27.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $35,900
- p25
- $29,000
- p75
- $48,480
- p10
- $23,980
- p90
- $61,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.