State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Maine, $47,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.4%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $47,060
- p25
- $37,300
- p75
- $67,980
- p10
- $35,230
- p90
- $79,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.