Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,841
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$7,519
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,718
New Hampshire costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Hampshire — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$49,360
Kept after tax
$41,841
Worth in national money
$39,718
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,360, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 4.66% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 347 among 488 occupations New Hampshire publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $49,360 the take-home is $41,841. But New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $39,718 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $54,120, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Hampshire ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for exercise trainers and group fitness instructors, at $49,360 — about 4.66% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 347 of 488 in New Hampshire places exercise trainers and group fitness instructors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Hampshire income tax is $41,841 for exercise trainers and group fitness instructors, from $49,360. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $39,718. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $54,120 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,600 |
| This salary | $49,360 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New Hampshire | $41,841 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,841 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,339 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $49,360 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,039 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Hampshire earn less than $49,360. The published range is $30,750 up to $82,600, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $41,841, from $49,360, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 347 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,718, the adjusted value of that $49,360 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 347 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for exercise trainers and group fitness instructors in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,750 to $82,600. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,841 from $49,360. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 347 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $39,718 — the adjusted value of that $49,360 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 347 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $54,120 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $30,750 and the top tenth $82,600 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Hampshire costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $39,718 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $41,841 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New Hampshire is $54,120. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($30,750) and the ninetieth ($82,600) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Hampshire's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $39,718 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
New Hampshire levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $41,841 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.