State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs New York
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In New York, $47,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.1% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+26.1%
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 York
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $47,090
- p25
- $35,630
- p75
- $76,360
- p10
- $34,300
- p90
- $105,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.