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Athletic Trainers · SOC 29-9091

Athletic Trainers Salary in the Lexington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area

Figures describe the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Lexington city limits.

Median annual wage$61,710

BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).

Athletic Trainers in the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area earned a median of $61,710 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,170 at the 10th percentile to $75,700 at the 90th. BLS estimates 170 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Athletic Trainers in the Lexington metro area earn more than $61,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $51,290 and $63,440.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$48,170$51,290$61,710$63,440$75,700

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Lexington metro areathis metro area
    $61,710
  • Kentuckystate (KY)
    $60,680
  • United Statesnational
    $62,520

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs Kentucky overall and −1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$43,850$59,110$74,370$89,630Montgomery, AL — $43,850Birmingham, AL — $46,280Mobile, AL — $50,070Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $50,110Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $51,240Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $51,390Huntsville, AL — $51,550Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $52,090Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $52,120Greensboro-High Point, NC — $52,250Asheville, NC — $52,610Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $53,440Springfield, MO — $53,930Cedar Rapids, IA — $54,460Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $54,550St. Joseph, MO-KS — $54,810Erie, PA — $55,150Wilmington, NC — $55,980Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $56,230Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $56,410Pittsburgh, PA — $56,510Bowling Green, KY — $56,630Waco, TX — $56,730Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $56,740Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $56,970South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $57,290Jacksonville, FL — $57,330Chattanooga, TN-GA — $57,350Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $57,520Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $58,000Wichita, KS — $58,010Canton-Massillon, OH — $58,050Columbia, SC — $58,170Manchester-Nashua, NH — $58,300Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $58,620Winston-Salem, NC — $58,930Lancaster, PA — $58,940Muncie, IN — $59,120Omaha, NE-IA — $59,180Macon-Bibb County, GA — $59,290Tulsa, OK — $59,290Killeen-Temple, TX — $59,330Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $59,340Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $59,370Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $59,430Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $59,470Savannah, GA — $59,520Knoxville, TN — $59,570Lafayette, LA — $59,570Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $59,640Gainesville, GA — $59,750Raleigh-Cary, NC — $59,770Boise City, ID — $59,820St. Louis, MO-IL — $59,900Reading, PA — $59,940Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $60,190Akron, OH — $60,330New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,340Richmond, VA — $60,370Rochester, NY — $60,440Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $60,450Florence, SC — $60,550Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,640Lawrence, KS — $60,820Toledo, OH — $60,890Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,940Worcester, MA — $61,020Tucson, AZ — $61,130Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $61,270Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $61,300Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,350Auburn-Opelika, AL — $61,410Columbus, OH — $61,420Reno, NV — $61,440Columbia, MO — $61,540Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $61,580Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $61,580Mankato, MN — $61,670Lexington-Fayette, KY — $61,710Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,710Cleveland, OH — $61,800La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $61,820Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,830Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $61,880Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $62,010Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $62,350Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $62,350College Station-Bryan, TX — $62,410Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $62,520Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $62,560Lincoln, NE — $62,590Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $62,630Iowa City, IA — $62,660Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $62,690Syracuse, NY — $62,970Harrisonburg, VA — $63,230Springfield, MA — $63,250Ann Arbor, MI — $63,330Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $63,370Fort Wayne, IN — $63,380Kansas City, MO-KS — $63,430Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $63,490Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $63,560Baton Rouge, LA — $63,750Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $63,750Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $63,840Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $64,030Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $64,150Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $64,210Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $64,290Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $64,360Colorado Springs, CO — $64,430Duluth, MN-WI — $64,460Oklahoma City, OK — $64,530Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $64,580Athens-Clarke County, GA — $64,590North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $64,770Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $64,940Portland-South Portland, ME — $65,070Boulder, CO — $65,110Ogden, UT — $65,160Champaign-Urbana, IL — $65,400Fargo, ND-MN — $65,440Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $65,620Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $65,780San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $65,800Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $65,830Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,980Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $66,140Charlottesville, VA — $66,390Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $66,490Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $67,210New Haven, CT — $67,630Lubbock, TX — $68,060York-Hanover, PA — $68,150Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $68,410Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $69,980Corvallis, OR — $70,120Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $71,140Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $71,660Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $71,880Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $72,150El Paso, TX — $72,250Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $72,360Albuquerque, NM — $72,440Madison, WI — $72,780Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $72,800San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $73,770Fresno, CA — $74,650Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $75,390Urban Honolulu, HI — $75,540New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $76,500Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $76,890Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $77,580San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $77,840Corpus Christi, TX — $78,580Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $78,910Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $79,950McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $82,480San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $89,630

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Lexington metro area has the 81st-highest published median for this occupation among the 160 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Kentucky

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for athletic trainers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Lexington metro areathis page
    $61,710
  • Louisville/Jefferson County metro area
    $60,190
  • Bowling Green metro area
    $56,630

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$79,040Pharmacy Technicians$40,700Pharmacists$136,530Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$59,710Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$61,480Physicians, All Other$283,730

Highest-paying metro areas for athletic trainerss · Highest-paying occupations in Lexington Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.