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State comparison · 2025

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey

Occupation

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Kentucky, $45,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 24.4%.

Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Kentucky

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

Median
$45,280
p25
$35,090
p75
$55,080
p10
$23,720
p90
$70,790
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.2
See full breakdown for Kentucky

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
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.