State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Michigan, $45,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
-24%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $45,520
- p25
- $33,130
- p75
- $55,900
- p10
- $28,040
- p90
- $76,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.