State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Montana, $43,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.6%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $43,940
- p25
- $33,930
- p75
- $52,150
- p10
- $29,510
- p90
- $75,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.