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Athletic Trainers vs Pediatric Nurses

Compare Athletic Trainers and Pediatric Nurses side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Pediatric Nurses pays about $35k more.

Athletic Trainers

Median pay$63k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureLow 25%, modeled
EducationBachelor's
Active ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoringReading Comprehension

Pediatric Nurses

Median pay$98k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureHigh 69%, modeled
EducationBSN plus cert
SpeakingActive ListeningCritical ThinkingReading ComprehensionMonitoring
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.