Athletic Trainers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Athletic Trainers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$60,250

National average

Salary Range

$45,380 – $84,100

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Athletic Trainers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$80,560$55,800$109,220
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$79,700$64,100$86,410
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$78,550$55,580$86,150
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$78,510$48,390$94,480
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$78,400$57,540$118,380
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$78,210$59,110$99,220
New Jersey$77,350$43,140$111,900
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$77,150$60,510$85,270
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$76,300$51,320$111,130
Corpus Christi, TX$75,750$52,470$84,220
District of Columbia$74,990$57,120$137,600
California$74,150$50,860$101,070
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$73,650$51,520$109,270
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$72,810$51,990$130,020
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$71,200$52,080$71,200
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$70,980$45,860$76,480
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$70,980$45,250$91,530
Hawaii$70,930$39,160$86,040
Urban Honolulu, HI$70,910$39,150$86,040
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$70,740$51,150$100,090
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$70,080$46,350$101,600
Rochester, MN$69,810$59,480$81,280
El Paso, TX$69,780$43,380$77,670
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$69,220$56,400$97,080
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$68,900$40,100$99,460
Corvallis, OR$67,450$50,150$68,130
Fresno, CA$67,230$46,670$89,970
New Haven, CT$67,090$50,640$81,830
Connecticut$67,090$48,940$86,300
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$66,600$42,200$106,790
Texas$66,430$48,030$85,790
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$66,410$47,640$108,190
Madison, WI$66,210$54,020$80,030
Oklahoma City, OK$66,030$44,550$96,220
Lubbock, TX$65,680$55,540$79,890
Oklahoma$65,070$22,810$84,520
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$64,950$49,720$82,070
Tulsa, OK$64,850$22,810$73,240
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$64,800$59,690$79,990
Boulder, CO$64,750$55,070$108,780
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$64,590$50,860$97,940
Minnesota$64,340$55,110$76,780
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$64,340$55,110$67,550
Charlottesville, VA$64,060$52,980$78,240
New York$63,850$48,710$95,580
Massachusetts$63,720$47,640$108,190
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$63,480$50,900$95,330
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$63,270$43,590$72,050
Albuquerque, NM$63,240$43,000$82,310
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$63,190$54,040$76,590
Utah$63,190$50,840$86,280
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$63,100$48,630$82,060
Fargo, ND-MN$62,950$49,340$74,410
Savannah, GA$62,920$49,730$95,580
Ann Arbor, MI$62,880$44,230$107,220
Lincoln, NE$62,880$48,370$83,370
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$62,790$36,990$99,530
Portland-South Portland, ME$62,770$47,860$78,270
Anchorage, AK$62,740$28,450$86,270
Alaska$62,740$28,440$86,270
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$62,690$49,040$90,610
Ogden, UT$62,680$49,120$113,770
Colorado$62,670$40,830$91,820
Columbus, OH$62,510$51,120$76,120
Louisiana$62,500$47,950$75,000
New Mexico$62,300$46,420$91,930
Athens-Clarke County, GA$62,300$41,400$79,640
Colorado Springs, CO$62,250$39,230$116,080
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$62,210$45,650$78,330
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$62,190$45,250$70,420
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$62,170$46,400$109,520
Illinois$62,140$46,940$91,690
Reading, PA$62,010$49,240$81,450
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$61,810$50,880$71,800
Georgia$61,790$45,350$103,150
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$61,730$44,990$67,290
Columbia, MO$61,710$53,560$67,400
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$61,660$48,870$70,710
Montana$61,590$44,320$86,040
College Station-Bryan, TX$61,580$45,950$79,760
Baton Rouge, LA$61,520$46,660$89,030
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$61,460$46,780$68,810
Auburn-Opelika, AL$61,410$47,280$102,080
Cleveland, OH$61,320$51,130$76,210
Ohio$60,900$48,990$74,610
Syracuse, NY$60,860$48,530$79,850
Duluth, MN-WI$60,850$58,240$80,720
Maryland$60,840$45,700$88,410
Wyoming$60,790$46,520$78,070
Fort Wayne, IN$60,760$46,830$77,750
Delaware$60,750$49,940$85,300
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$60,740$51,410$78,270
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$60,720$50,660$85,790
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$60,710$47,370$77,010
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,670$40,450$78,830
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$60,630$46,200$73,750
Wisconsin$60,520$48,860$76,090
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$60,410$44,340$93,130
Idaho$60,360$51,100$92,290
Washington$60,350$44,730$77,930
Toledo, OH$60,280$48,210$74,160
Champaign-Urbana, IL$60,110$46,940$81,660
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$60,060$48,750$86,280
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$60,030$49,440$71,320
Springfield, IL$60,020$50,010$73,810
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$60,020$51,330$76,860
Harrisonburg, VA$60,020$49,000$82,900
Akron, OH$59,890$48,390$72,860
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$59,710$50,850$72,800
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$59,650$56,790$72,770
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$59,480$47,100$78,020
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$59,420$48,710$86,010
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$59,410$48,630$76,300
Mankato, MN$59,320$46,790$71,020
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$59,320$44,230$75,970
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$59,310$47,630$73,630
Birmingham, AL$59,270$32,480$63,190
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$59,240$49,750$68,290
Pennsylvania$58,970$46,180$76,560
Raleigh-Cary, NC$58,960$39,770$92,680
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$58,950$18,620$75,340
Youngstown-Warren, OH$58,820$45,680$68,630
Worcester, MA$58,790$44,960$98,370
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$58,650$47,170$75,710
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$58,640$48,470$94,780
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$58,570$51,230$93,910
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$58,560$54,100$79,300
Michigan$58,550$46,360$74,500
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$58,550$46,620$91,570
Florence, SC$58,480$48,040$110,170
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$58,460$46,830$74,930
Florida$58,410$46,720$76,590
North Dakota$58,380$44,310$74,410
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$58,350$44,270$74,750
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$58,310$43,630$71,130
Rochester, NY$58,270$48,710$77,080
Arizona$58,270$47,130$79,130
Richmond, VA$58,200$48,380$75,960
Virginia$58,200$43,000$80,980
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$58,140$46,780$86,390
Maine$58,140$43,630$73,250
Rhode Island$58,140$46,780$86,390
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$58,100$48,320$69,450
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$57,970$48,170$91,580
Jacksonville, FL$57,940$46,440$73,720
Kansas City, MO-KS$57,920$48,530$80,510
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$57,780$47,030$68,120
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$57,780$46,030$70,880
Lancaster, PA$57,770$39,010$71,330
Indiana$57,750$43,710$73,830
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$57,700$41,700$79,130
Jackson, MS$57,690$48,100$66,000
Nevada$57,670$37,890$68,240
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$57,670$37,890$68,240
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$57,580$44,740$67,100
Canton-Massillon, OH$57,550$41,270$62,940
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$57,510$43,940$62,640
Nebraska$57,430$46,110$70,290
Oregon$57,420$45,960$78,020
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$57,410$45,220$74,730
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$57,410$45,220$71,320
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,390$46,340$66,600
York-Hanover, PA$57,370$48,720$76,640
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$57,210$48,220$75,630
Gainesville, FL$57,210$41,880$73,400
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$57,210$44,400$72,790
Vermont$57,160$52,930$76,230
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$57,090$19,660$71,880
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$57,010$45,640$84,650
Asheville, NC$56,970$44,230$61,210
Iowa City, IA$56,790$45,170$86,670
St. Louis, MO-IL$56,730$46,210$78,890
Tuscaloosa, AL$56,510$42,050$84,510
State College, PA$56,500$51,310$65,490
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$56,430$37,530$75,170
Columbia, SC$56,240$47,900$66,170
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$56,130$45,720$67,470
Omaha, NE-IA$56,120$48,780$66,000
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$55,960$43,100$194,990
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$55,890$48,280$65,050
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$55,650$46,480$71,810
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$55,620$33,810$119,500
Pittsburgh, PA$55,440$44,750$69,710
Lynchburg, VA$55,260$41,100$73,960
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$55,210$49,390$83,810
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$55,200$49,750$72,210
New Hampshire$55,180$40,830$71,830
Kansas$54,990$44,220$65,160
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$54,650$43,700$75,730
Missouri$54,340$45,090$72,260
Roanoke, VA$54,320$45,040$72,230
South Dakota$54,200$44,990$67,730
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$54,200$44,620$61,820
Tennessee$54,040$18,620$71,850
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$54,030$38,120$92,660
Wilmington, NC$54,020$37,580$72,940
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$54,020$49,430$64,540
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$53,970$42,360$69,310
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$53,920$45,320$58,760
Wichita, KS$53,710$42,570$61,240
Alabama$53,640$32,480$65,140
South Carolina$53,520$43,590$72,050
Arkansas$53,490$42,360$72,140
Winston-Salem, NC$53,470$43,630$69,160
Tyler, TX$53,460$37,510$80,670
Lexington-Fayette, KY$53,440$36,390$67,030
Williamsport, PA$53,410$49,700$63,660
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$53,360$44,120$73,510
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$53,300$40,860$56,340
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$53,160$41,120$63,020
North Carolina$52,980$40,210$74,050
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$52,980$43,000$61,130
Salem, OR$52,520$43,790$80,980
Chattanooga, TN-GA$52,370$18,090$63,830
Mississippi$52,260$41,120$66,000
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$52,120$46,900$67,790
Knoxville, TN$51,910$18,320$71,610
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$51,840$41,900$58,630
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$51,690$44,800$67,210
Kentucky$51,550$42,000$64,970
Bowling Green, KY$51,210$38,840$59,740
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$51,210$37,300$75,320
Manchester-Nashua, NH$51,130$38,690$68,480
Erie, PA$51,040$46,200$64,250
Huntsville, AL$50,930$32,920$65,140
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$50,930$41,480$63,180
Springfield, MO$50,590$39,490$72,800
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$50,110$44,170$66,220
Tucson, AZ$50,090$46,130$73,010
Greensboro-High Point, NC$49,960$37,610$73,700
Montgomery, AL$49,840$29,630$60,850
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$49,750$39,290$62,610
Iowa$49,700$44,160$62,580
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$49,700$46,520$62,580
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$49,610$40,490$72,030
Cedar Rapids, IA$49,510$47,760$61,870
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,370$38,940$69,450
Mobile, AL$48,740$43,570$60,740
Reno, NV$48,530$39,180$78,570
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$48,140$40,040$55,970
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$47,890$40,860$55,780
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$47,260$44,160$59,390
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,140$39,320$61,190
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$46,680$39,860$65,520
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,060$37,270$67,020
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,750$38,550$60,560
West Virginia$45,140$39,580$60,070

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Athletic Trainers make?

The median annual salary for a Athletic Trainers is $60,250, with a typical range of $45,380 – $84,100 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Athletic Trainers?

Entry-level Athletic Trainers positions typically start around $45,380 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Athletic Trainerss earn the most?

Athletic Trainerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.