State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Mississippi, $30,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.2% — not 49%.
Nominal pay gap
-49%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-36.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $30,540
- p25
- $21,960
- p75
- $47,410
- p10
- $18,720
- p90
- $63,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.