State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In New Mexico, $44,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
+34%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+13.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
New Mexico
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $44,680
- p25
- $30,210
- p75
- $50,960
- p10
- $26,620
- p90
- $58,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.