Athletic Trainers · SOC 29-9091

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Athletic Trainerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for athletic trainers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 160 metro areas

Athletic Trainers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$89,630	120	0.1
2	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$82,480	90	0.3
3	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$79,950	240	0.1
4	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$78,910	50	0.2
5	Corpus Christi, TX	$78,580	50	0.3
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$77,840	250	0.1
7	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$77,580	60	0.1
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$76,890	560	0.1
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$76,500	1,330	0.1
10	Urban Honolulu, HI	$75,540	160	0.3
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$75,390	390	0.1
12	Fresno, CA	$74,650	50	0.1
13	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$73,770	200	0.1
14	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$72,800	30	0.2
15	Madison, WI	$72,780	130	0.3
16	Albuquerque, NM	$72,440	90	0.2
17	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$72,360	40	0.1
18	El Paso, TX	$72,250	90	0.3
19	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$72,150	480	0.1
20	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$71,880	490	0.2
21	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$71,660	30	0.2
22	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$71,140	100	0.2
23	Corvallis, OR	$70,120	40	1.0
24	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$69,980	130	0.1
25	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	$68,410	Not published	Not published

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Athletic Trainers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.