State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Tennessee, $47,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.4%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+6.7%
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
Tennessee
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $47,380
- p25
- $32,560
- p75
- $59,190
- p10
- $26,000
- p90
- $74,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.