State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Virginia, $40,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 46.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.7%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+36.3%
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
Virginia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $40,820
- p25
- $30,750
- p75
- $54,410
- p10
- $26,560
- p90
- $74,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.