State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Jersey earn a median of $59,870. In Wisconsin, $44,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.5%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+17.2%
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
Wisconsin
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $44,200
- p25
- $31,470
- p75
- $50,570
- p10
- $27,900
- p90
- $61,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.