Healthcare Practitioners
Athletic Trainers
SOC 29-9091
Prevent, diagnose, and treat athletic injuries for teams and individuals.
The job
Median pay
$63k
$55k to $75k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+13% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
22/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
22nd pct
More exposed than 22% of occupations · modeled estimate · 37th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
70/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,130 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $64k |
| Ohio | 2,100 | 0.4 | 1.9× | $61k |
| Pennsylvania | 1,870 | 0.3 | 1.6× | $61k |
| California | 1,760 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $78k |
| Florida | 1,430 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $61k |
| New York | 1,370 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $66k |
| Indiana | 1,040 | 0.3 | 1.7× | $63k |
| North Carolina | 990 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $57k |
| New Jersey | 890 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $76k |
| Michigan | 870 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $59k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 860 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $65k |
| Illinois | 850 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $65k |
| Alabama | 840 | 0.4 | 2.0× | $47k |
| Virginia | 830 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $62k |
| Minnesota | 820 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $65k |
| Louisiana | 810 | 0.4 | 2.1× | $63k |
| Kentucky | 720 | 0.4 | 1.8× | $61k |
| Massachusetts | 630 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $70k |
| Wisconsin | 620 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $62k |
| Arizona | 590 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $62k |
| Tennessee | 580 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $60k |
| Iowa | 570 | 0.4 | 1.9× | $55k |
| South Carolina | 530 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $59k |
| Missouri | 510 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $59k |
| Kansas | 390 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $59k |
| Colorado | 380 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $65k |
| Oklahoma | 360 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $61k |
| Utah | 340 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $66k |
| Maryland | 320 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $64k |
| Connecticut | 290 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $70k |
| Oregon | 280 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $58k |
| Nebraska | 270 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $61k |
| Arkansas | 240 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $57k |
| Washington | 240 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $64k |
| New Hampshire | 210 | 0.3 | 1.6× | $60k |
| Hawaii | 200 | 0.3 | 1.6× | $76k |
| Mississippi | 200 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $58k |
| Maine | 180 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $62k |
| Nevada | 180 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $60k |
| Idaho | 170 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $60k |
| New Mexico | 150 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $72k |
| South Dakota | 150 | 0.3 | 1.7× | $59k |
| Vermont | 140 | 0.5 | 2.4× | $63k |
| North Dakota | 110 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $61k |
| West Virginia | 110 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $51k |
| Rhode Island | 105 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $64k~ |
| Washington DC | 100 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $74k |
| Alaska | 67 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $76k~ |
| Wyoming | 60 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $63k |
| Delaware | 50 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $60k |
| Montana | 50 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $60k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,330 jobs · $77k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX790 jobs · $63k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD770 jobs · $64k median
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX650 jobs · $64k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN650 jobs · $66k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA560 jobs · $77k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH490 jobs · $72k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL490 jobs · $64k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Athletic Trainers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.