State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs Texas
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Texas, $40,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 46.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.5%
New Jersey vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+30.7%
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
Texas
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $40,880
- p25
- $29,340
- p75
- $56,930
- p10
- $21,930
- p90
- $76,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.