State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Rhode Island, $45,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.3% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.2%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+23.3%
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
Rhode Island
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $45,640
- p25
- $36,240
- p75
- $77,180
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $77,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.