State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Louisiana, $44,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.8%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $44,410
- p25
- $25,040
- p75
- $51,190
- p10
- $21,190
- p90
- $60,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.