State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Missouri vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Missouri, $36,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.1%
Missouri vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-27%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $36,450
- p25
- $29,360
- p75
- $47,830
- p10
- $28,600
- p90
- $62,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.