State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs Ohio
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Ohio, $36,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.4% — not 64.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.6%
New Jersey vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+40.4%
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
Ohio
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $36,370
- p25
- $28,830
- p75
- $49,220
- p10
- $24,040
- p90
- $59,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.