State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Minnesota vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Minnesota, $43,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.1%
Minnesota vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-19.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $43,620
- p25
- $32,150
- p75
- $51,020
- p10
- $29,660
- p90
- $66,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.