State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In South Dakota, $40,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 49.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.4%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+21.7%
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
South Dakota
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $40,070
- p25
- $33,960
- p75
- $47,490
- p10
- $30,090
- p90
- $58,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.