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Athletic trainer salary

Open athletic trainer jobs post a median of $31.75 an hour, with the middle half paying $28.50–$35.75: about $66,000 a year full time. Measured from 130 jobs at 56 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$31.75
Median posted /hr
$29–$36
Middle half /hr
$66,000
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
56
Employers stating pay

The jobs themselves: Athletic trainer jobs

What athletic trainers are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 130 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $16.19, the highest $61.26.

Posted on open jobs

$28.50–$35.75/hr

Middle half of 89 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $31.75. 24% of the 535 open athletic trainer jobs state an hourly rate.

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Athletic trainer pay by employer

What each employer posts for athletic trainers, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
UPMC$28.50$21.89–$36.5814
Advocate Health$33.25$26.55–$39.8510
Concentra$47.50$40–$605
U.S. Physical Therapy$36$24–$425
Mass General Brigham$38$22.22–$454
Northwestern Medicine$35.75$29.74–$41.644
ATI Physical Therapy$30.25$24.93–$454
OSF HealthCare$27.50$25.35–$29.834
PT Solutions$45$453
Seattle Children's$41$32.87–$49.313
Carle Health$34$25.50–$42.593
HealthPartners$33.75$27.05–$503
University of Rochester Medical Center$30.75$26.25–$36.793
CommonSpirit Health$30.25$23.69–$39.813
Altru Health System$30$24.02–$36.033
Baptist Health South Florida$30$22.87–$34.653
Gundersen Health System$24.25$23.82–$24.363
Atlantic Health$40.75$25.18–$61.262
Select Medical$40$30–$502
Ohio State University Physicians$36.50$36.482
Fairview Health Services$34.75$23.90–$402
Providence$34.25$24.97–$42.732
Allina Health$33.75$27.65–$40.172
Boulder Community Hospital$33.75$27.16–$41.662
Beloit Health System$33.50$28.73–$41.372
Emory Healthcare$33.25$30.80–$35.662
Shriners Children's$33$21.54–$46.642
Ascension$28.50$22.55–$34.722
Rochester Regional Health$28$25–$312
Sanford Health$27.25$20–$34.502
Carilion Clinic$26$21.61–$30.252
Catholic Health (Long Island)$47.50$47.461
University of Colorado$42.50$40–$451
Southcoast Health System$41.50$41.551
Stanford Medicine Children's Health$41.25$36.62–$45.771
Hillsboro Medical Center$35.75$29.63–$42.071
UW Health$34.25$27.33–$411
Randolph Health$33.25$24.59–$41.971
Essentia Health$32.50$25.98–$38.971
Olympic Sports and Spine$32.50$27–$38.161

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Athletic trainer pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

StateMedian postedMiddle halfBLS medianJobs
Washington$34$31.50–$39.75n/a8
Illinois$33.25$29.75–$35.75n/a19
Minnesota$32.50$28.25–$34.25n/a12
Wisconsin$32.50$24.25–$34n/a9
New York$30.75$29.75–$34.75n/a10

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Athletic trainer jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

73 open jobs from 34 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $60,000, the middle half $56,400 to $67,500, from $39,146 to $154,600 posted.

Best-paid open athletic trainer jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Every open job: Athletic trainer jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Athletic Trainers (29-9091)n/an/an/an/an/a30,500 (source: BLS OEWS, Athletic Trainers, opens in a new tab)

Athletic trainer salary: common questions

How much does an athletic trainer make an hour?

Open athletic trainer jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $31.75, with the middle half between $28.50–$35.75 (130 jobs from 56 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

How much does an athletic trainer make a year?

At the posted median of $31.75 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $66,000, and the middle half to $59,300 to $74,400. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 73 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $60,000.

Which states pay athletic trainers the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: Washington ($34), Illinois ($33.25) and Minnesota ($32.50). The lowest: New York ($30.75), Wisconsin ($32.50) and Minnesota ($32.50). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay athletic trainers the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Concentra ($47.50), U.S. Physical Therapy ($36) and Advocate Health ($33.25). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 130 of 535 open athletic trainer jobs (24%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Athletic Trainers (SOC 29-9091), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Athletic Trainers by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Athletic Trainers (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Athletic trainer salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/athletic-trainer

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