State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Maryland, $47,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.8%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-17.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $47,420
- p25
- $36,110
- p75
- $63,510
- p10
- $33,130
- p90
- $81,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.