State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In North Carolina, $46,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.9%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.7%
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
North Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $46,450
- p25
- $33,210
- p75
- $60,100
- p10
- $24,910
- p90
- $74,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.