29 Series · SOC 29-9091
Athletic Trainers
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$60,250
per year
Median Hourly
N/A
per hour
Mean Salary
$63,960
average
Employment
28,950
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$45,380
25th Percentile
$51,590
Median
$60,250
75th Percentile
$70,880
90th Percentile
$84,100
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | $77,350 | +28% above national |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $74,990 | +24% above national |
| 3 | California | $74,150 | +23% above national |
| 4 | Hawaii | $70,930 | +18% above national |
| 5 | Connecticut | $67,090 | +11% above national |
| 6 | Texas | $66,430 | +10% above national |
| 7 | Oklahoma | $65,070 | +8% above national |
| 8 | Minnesota | $64,340 | +7% above national |
| 9 | New York | $63,850 | +6% above national |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $63,720 | +6% above national |
| 11 | Utah | $63,190 | +5% above national |
| 12 | Alaska | $62,740 | +4% above national |
| 13 | Colorado | $62,670 | +4% above national |
| 14 | Louisiana | $62,500 | +4% above national |
| 15 | New Mexico | $62,300 | +3% above national |
| 16 | Illinois | $62,140 | +3% above national |
| 17 | Georgia | $61,790 | +3% above national |
| 18 | Montana | $61,590 | +2% above national |
| 19 | Ohio | $60,900 | +1% above national |
| 20 | Maryland | $60,840 | +1% above national |
| 21 | Wyoming | $60,790 | +1% above national |
| 22 | Delaware | $60,750 | +1% above national |
| 23 | Wisconsin | $60,520 | same as national |
| 24 | Idaho | $60,360 | same as national |
| 25 | Washington | $60,350 | same as national |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | $58,970 | 2% below national |
| 27 | Michigan | $58,550 | 3% below national |
| 28 | Florida | $58,410 | 3% below national |
| 29 | North Dakota | $58,380 | 3% below national |
| 30 | Arizona | $58,270 | 3% below national |
| 31 | Virginia | $58,200 | 3% below national |
| 32 | Maine | $58,140 | 4% below national |
| 33 | Rhode Island | $58,140 | 4% below national |
| 34 | Indiana | $57,750 | 4% below national |
| 35 | Nevada | $57,670 | 4% below national |
| 36 | Nebraska | $57,430 | 5% below national |
| 37 | Oregon | $57,420 | 5% below national |
| 38 | Vermont | $57,160 | 5% below national |
| 39 | New Hampshire | $55,180 | 8% below national |
| 40 | Kansas | $54,990 | 9% below national |
| 41 | Missouri | $54,340 | 10% below national |
| 42 | South Dakota | $54,200 | 10% below national |
| 43 | Tennessee | $54,040 | 10% below national |
| 44 | Alabama | $53,640 | 11% below national |
| 45 | South Carolina | $53,520 | 11% below national |
| 46 | Arkansas | $53,490 | 11% below national |
| 47 | North Carolina | $52,980 | 12% below national |
| 48 | Mississippi | $52,260 | 13% below national |
| 49 | Kentucky | $51,550 | 14% below national |
| 50 | Iowa | $49,700 | 18% below national |
| 51 | West Virginia | $45,140 | 25% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $80,560 | +34% above national |
| 2 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | $79,700 | +32% above national |
| 3 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $78,550 | +30% above national |
| 4 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $78,510 | +30% above national |
| 5 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $78,400 | +30% above national |
| 6 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $78,210 | +30% above national |
| 7 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $77,150 | +28% above national |
| 8 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $76,300 | +27% above national |
| 9 | Corpus Christi, TX | $75,750 | +26% above national |
| 10 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $73,650 | +22% above national |
| 11 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $72,810 | +21% above national |
| 12 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $71,200 | +18% above national |
| 13 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $70,980 | +18% above national |
| 14 | Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $70,980 | +18% above national |
| 15 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $70,910 | +18% above national |
| 16 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $70,740 | +17% above national |
| 17 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $70,080 | +16% above national |
| 18 | Rochester, MN | $69,810 | +16% above national |
| 19 | El Paso, TX | $69,780 | +16% above national |
| 20 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $69,220 | +15% above national |
| 21 | South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $68,900 | +14% above national |
| 22 | Corvallis, OR | $67,450 | +12% above national |
| 23 | Fresno, CA | $67,230 | +12% above national |
| 24 | New Haven, CT | $67,090 | +11% above national |
| 25 | Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $66,600 | +11% above national |
| 26 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $66,410 | +10% above national |
| 27 | Madison, WI | $66,210 | +10% above national |
| 28 | Oklahoma City, OK | $66,030 | +10% above national |
| 29 | Lubbock, TX | $65,680 | +9% above national |
| 30 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $64,950 | +8% above national |
| 31 | Tulsa, OK | $64,850 | +8% above national |
| 32 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $64,800 | +8% above national |
| 33 | Boulder, CO | $64,750 | +7% above national |
| 34 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $64,590 | +7% above national |
| 35 | Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $64,340 | +7% above national |
| 36 | Charlottesville, VA | $64,060 | +6% above national |
| 37 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $63,480 | +5% above national |
| 38 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $63,270 | +5% above national |
| 39 | Albuquerque, NM | $63,240 | +5% above national |
| 40 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $63,190 | +5% above national |
| 41 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $63,100 | +5% above national |
| 42 | Fargo, ND-MN | $62,950 | +4% above national |
| 43 | Savannah, GA | $62,920 | +4% above national |
| 44 | Ann Arbor, MI | $62,880 | +4% above national |
| 45 | Lincoln, NE | $62,880 | +4% above national |
| 46 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $62,790 | +4% above national |
| 47 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $62,770 | +4% above national |
| 48 | Anchorage, AK | $62,740 | +4% above national |
| 49 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $62,690 | +4% above national |
| 50 | Ogden, UT | $62,680 | +4% above national |
| 51 | Columbus, OH | $62,510 | +4% above national |
| 52 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $62,300 | +3% above national |
| 53 | Colorado Springs, CO | $62,250 | +3% above national |
| 54 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $62,210 | +3% above national |
| 55 | Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $62,190 | +3% above national |
| 56 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $62,170 | +3% above national |
| 57 | Reading, PA | $62,010 | +3% above national |
| 58 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $61,810 | +3% above national |
| 59 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $61,730 | +2% above national |
| 60 | Columbia, MO | $61,710 | +2% above national |
| 61 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $61,660 | +2% above national |
| 62 | College Station-Bryan, TX | $61,580 | +2% above national |
| 63 | Baton Rouge, LA | $61,520 | +2% above national |
| 64 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $61,460 | +2% above national |
| 65 | Auburn-Opelika, AL | $61,410 | +2% above national |
| 66 | Cleveland, OH | $61,320 | +2% above national |
| 67 | Syracuse, NY | $60,860 | +1% above national |
| 68 | Duluth, MN-WI | $60,850 | +1% above national |
| 69 | Fort Wayne, IN | $60,760 | +1% above national |
| 70 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $60,740 | +1% above national |
| 71 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $60,720 | +1% above national |
| 72 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $60,710 | +1% above national |
| 73 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $60,670 | +1% above national |
| 74 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | $60,630 | +1% above national |
| 75 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $60,410 | same as national |
| 76 | Toledo, OH | $60,280 | same as national |
| 77 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $60,110 | same as national |
| 78 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $60,060 | same as national |
| 79 | Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $60,030 | same as national |
| 80 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $60,020 | same as national |
| 81 | Harrisonburg, VA | $60,020 | same as national |
| 82 | Springfield, IL | $60,020 | same as national |
| 83 | Akron, OH | $59,890 | 1% below national |
| 84 | La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | $59,710 | 1% below national |
| 85 | Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $59,650 | 1% below national |
| 86 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $59,480 | 1% below national |
| 87 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $59,420 | 1% below national |
| 88 | Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $59,410 | 1% below national |
| 89 | Mankato, MN | $59,320 | 2% below national |
| 90 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $59,320 | 2% below national |
| 91 | Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $59,310 | 2% below national |
| 92 | Birmingham, AL | $59,270 | 2% below national |
| 93 | Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $59,240 | 2% below national |
| 94 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $58,960 | 2% below national |
| 95 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $58,950 | 2% below national |
| 96 | Youngstown-Warren, OH | $58,820 | 2% below national |
| 97 | Worcester, MA | $58,790 | 2% below national |
| 98 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $58,650 | 3% below national |
| 99 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $58,640 | 3% below national |
| 100 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $58,570 | 3% below national |
| 101 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $58,560 | 3% below national |
| 102 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $58,550 | 3% below national |
| 103 | Florence, SC | $58,480 | 3% below national |
| 104 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $58,460 | 3% below national |
| 105 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $58,350 | 3% below national |
| 106 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $58,310 | 3% below national |
| 107 | Rochester, NY | $58,270 | 3% below national |
| 108 | Richmond, VA | $58,200 | 3% below national |
| 109 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $58,140 | 4% below national |
| 110 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $58,100 | 4% below national |
| 111 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $57,970 | 4% below national |
| 112 | Jacksonville, FL | $57,940 | 4% below national |
| 113 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $57,920 | 4% below national |
| 114 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $57,780 | 4% below national |
| 115 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $57,780 | 4% below national |
| 116 | Lancaster, PA | $57,770 | 4% below national |
| 117 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $57,700 | 4% below national |
| 118 | Jackson, MS | $57,690 | 4% below national |
| 119 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $57,670 | 4% below national |
| 120 | South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $57,580 | 4% below national |
| 121 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $57,550 | 4% below national |
| 122 | Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $57,510 | 5% below national |
| 123 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $57,410 | 5% below national |
| 124 | West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $57,410 | 5% below national |
| 125 | Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $57,390 | 5% below national |
| 126 | York-Hanover, PA | $57,370 | 5% below national |
| 127 | Gainesville, FL | $57,210 | 5% below national |
| 128 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $57,210 | 5% below national |
| 129 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $57,210 | 5% below national |
| 130 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $57,090 | 5% below national |
| 131 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $57,010 | 5% below national |
| 132 | Asheville, NC | $56,970 | 5% below national |
| 133 | Iowa City, IA | $56,790 | 6% below national |
| 134 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $56,730 | 6% below national |
| 135 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $56,510 | 6% below national |
| 136 | State College, PA | $56,500 | 6% below national |
| 137 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $56,430 | 6% below national |
| 138 | Columbia, SC | $56,240 | 7% below national |
| 139 | Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $56,130 | 7% below national |
| 140 | Omaha, NE-IA | $56,120 | 7% below national |
| 141 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $55,960 | 7% below national |
| 142 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $55,890 | 7% below national |
| 143 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $55,650 | 8% below national |
| 144 | North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $55,620 | 8% below national |
| 145 | Pittsburgh, PA | $55,440 | 8% below national |
| 146 | Lynchburg, VA | $55,260 | 8% below national |
| 147 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $55,210 | 8% below national |
| 148 | Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $55,200 | 8% below national |
| 149 | South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $54,650 | 9% below national |
| 150 | Roanoke, VA | $54,320 | 10% below national |
| 151 | East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $54,200 | 10% below national |
| 152 | East Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $54,030 | 10% below national |
| 153 | Wilmington, NC | $54,020 | 10% below national |
| 154 | Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $54,020 | 10% below national |
| 155 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $53,970 | 10% below national |
| 156 | Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $53,920 | 11% below national |
| 157 | Wichita, KS | $53,710 | 11% below national |
| 158 | Winston-Salem, NC | $53,470 | 11% below national |
| 159 | Tyler, TX | $53,460 | 11% below national |
| 160 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $53,440 | 11% below national |
| 161 | Williamsport, PA | $53,410 | 11% below national |
| 162 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $53,360 | 11% below national |
| 163 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $53,300 | 12% below national |
| 164 | Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $53,160 | 12% below national |
| 165 | Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $52,980 | 12% below national |
| 166 | Salem, OR | $52,520 | 13% below national |
| 167 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $52,370 | 13% below national |
| 168 | Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $52,120 | 13% below national |
| 169 | Knoxville, TN | $51,910 | 14% below national |
| 170 | Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $51,840 | 14% below national |
| 171 | Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $51,690 | 14% below national |
| 172 | Bowling Green, KY | $51,210 | 15% below national |
| 173 | Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $51,210 | 15% below national |
| 174 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $51,130 | 15% below national |
| 175 | Erie, PA | $51,040 | 15% below national |
| 176 | Huntsville, AL | $50,930 | 15% below national |
| 177 | Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $50,930 | 15% below national |
| 178 | Springfield, MO | $50,590 | 16% below national |
| 179 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $50,110 | 17% below national |
| 180 | Tucson, AZ | $50,090 | 17% below national |
| 181 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $49,960 | 17% below national |
| 182 | Montgomery, AL | $49,840 | 17% below national |
| 183 | Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $49,750 | 17% below national |
| 184 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $49,700 | 18% below national |
| 185 | Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $49,610 | 18% below national |
| 186 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $49,510 | 18% below national |
| 187 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $49,370 | 18% below national |
| 188 | Mobile, AL | $48,740 | 19% below national |
| 189 | Reno, NV | $48,530 | 19% below national |
| 190 | South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $48,140 | 20% below national |
| 191 | Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $47,890 | 21% below national |
| 192 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | $47,260 | 22% below national |
| 193 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $47,140 | 22% below national |
| 194 | North Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $46,680 | 23% below national |
| 195 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $46,060 | 24% below national |
| 196 | Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $45,750 | 24% below national |