Second and third rungs of the distance ladder for the J (left) and H (right) bands. Empty symbols represent SNe Ia in the calibrator sample, corresponding to the second rung where absolute magnitudes were calibrated from Cepheid distances. On the X-axis μ is the Cepheid-based distance from SH0ES and on the Y-axis μ is the SN Ia-based distance. The filled symbols correspond to the Hubble-flow sample (z > 0.01 in our baseline analysis) in the third rung of the distance ladder, where the X-axis μ is the SN Ia-based distance from SH0ES and the Y-axis μ is from the redshift. The symbols are different for the SNe Ia from CSP (stars), CfA (crosses), and other SNe Ia from other sources (squares and diamonds).