Average Salary for a Personal Trainer in New Jersey - NJ

By an allied health world contributing writer
Published: January, 25 2010

Salaries for Personal Trainers in New Jersey

Information from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, from 2006, states that if a personal trainer is working in a hospital, the salary that can be expected is approximately $29,640.  In fitness and sports centers it goes down to $27,200.  However, the top 10 percent of workers earned $56,750 or more.  There is a wide range of salaries for personal trainers.  According to salary.com, the median salary for a personal trainer is $52,156 nationally.  It can go from anywhere between $20,000 to the mid $60,000 range.

Salaries in the state of New Jersey are generally around $65,000 for the most well-known cities in the state.

Salaries of major cities within the state of New Jersey according to Indeed.com are:

Trenton, New Jersey personal trainer salary:  $51,000
Jersey City, New Jersey personal trainer salary:  $65,000
Newark, New Jersey personal trainer salary:  $65,000
Elizabeth, New Jersey personal trainer salary:  $65,000
Camden, New Jersey personal trainer salary:  $48,000
Clifton, New Jersey personal trainer salary:  $65,000
Paterson, New Jersey personal trainer salary:  $65,000
East Orange, New Jersey personal trainer salary:  $65,000
Union City, New Jersey personal trainer salary:  $65,000
Passaic, New Jersey personal trainer salary:  $65,000