State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In West Virginia, $38,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.2% — not 57.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.1%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+29.2%
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
West Virginia
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $38,120
- p25
- $28,150
- p75
- $45,050
- p10
- $22,290
- p90
- $55,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.