State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Pennsylvania, $45,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.3%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+18.7%
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
Pennsylvania
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $45,250
- p25
- $33,030
- p75
- $57,830
- p10
- $27,780
- p90
- $67,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.