State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: Nebraska vs New Jersey
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Nebraska, $31,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.6% — not 47.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.5%
Nebraska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-36.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $31,440
- p25
- $29,310
- p75
- $44,530
- p10
- $28,080
- p90
- $53,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.