State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In South Carolina, $43,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.2%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+18.2%
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
South Carolina
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $43,630
- p25
- $31,310
- p75
- $50,980
- p10
- $22,730
- p90
- $62,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.