State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs Vermont
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Vermont, $57,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.9% — not 4.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.5%
New Jersey vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
-5.9%
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
Vermont
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $57,300
- p25
- $43,140
- p75
- $62,380
- p10
- $34,210
- p90
- $98,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.