State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
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
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.