Highest-paying Cities for Athletic Trainers

The top 100 highest paying cities for athletic trainers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of athletic trainers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $79,400, South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia is the highest paying city for athletic trainers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $74,550). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of athletic trainers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Athletic Trainers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$79,400	$45,540	50
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$74,550	$49,680	140
3	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$68,510	$46,570	190
4	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$67,110	$22,060	300
5	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$66,440	$47,820	620
6	Macon, Georgia	$64,920	$38,190	50
7	Lubbock, Texas	$64,870	$43,170	60
8	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$64,800	$50,150	40
9	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$64,700	$40,810	1,050
10	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$64,160	$42,670	50
11	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$64,060	$47,530	130
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$63,960	$49,750	300
13	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$63,660	$46,330	260
14	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$63,650	$40,740	90
15	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$63,620	$44,930	670
16	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$63,400	$44,640	30
17	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$62,320	$45,190	330
18	Springfield, Illinois	$61,960	$46,130	30
19	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$61,780	$50,070	90
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$61,700	$40,910	610
21	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$61,400	$46,440	80
22	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$61,360	$46,170	210
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$61,310	$45,900	370
24	Corpus Christi, Texas	$61,260	$31,420	40
25	Waco, Texas	$61,210	$34,190	50
26	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$61,110	$47,660	70
27	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$61,040	$46,750	90
28	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$60,830	$39,420	130
29	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$60,830	$40,000	90
30	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$60,770	$49,050	50
31	Madison, Wisconsin	$60,680	$47,980	110
32	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$60,610	$38,910	170
33	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$60,240	$48,310	40
34	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$59,970	$31,530	80
35	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$59,960	$37,590	50
36	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$59,660	$32,910	170
37	Boulder, Colorado	$59,540	$40,450	30
38	Worcester, Massachusetts	$59,510	$45,640	60
39	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$59,310	$46,000	30
40	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$59,290	$37,120	110
41	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$59,040	$50,220	30
42	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$58,840	$44,350	320
43	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$58,750	$47,640	30
44	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$58,730	$46,540	540
45	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$58,600	$49,140	830
46	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$58,490	$37,020	80
47	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$58,470	$42,060	220
48	Wichita Falls, Texas	$58,430	$46,810	30
49	Fresno, California	$58,070	$39,730	50
50	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$57,930	$43,810	480
51	Wheeling, West Virginia	$57,840	$41,890	50
52	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$57,670	$48,750	900
53	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$57,610	$35,910	230
54	New Haven, Connecticut	$57,600	$47,320	110
55	Lincoln, Nebraska	$57,570	$46,380	50
56	Savannah, Georgia	$57,270	$44,870	40
57	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$57,230	$47,010	940
58	Waterbury, Connecticut	$57,170	$35,940	n/a
59	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$57,110	$46,920	260
60	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$57,050	$36,350	60
61	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$56,860	$43,970	800
62	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$56,670	$39,460	50
63	Terre Haute, Indiana	$56,030	$46,170	40
64	Columbus, Ohio	$55,860	$41,930	300
65	Syracuse, New York	$55,770	$46,210	70
66	Tucson, Arizona	$55,740	$38,170	60
67	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$55,640	$47,820	40
68	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$55,250	$49,300	260
69	Columbia, Missouri	$55,160	$49,980	40
70	Laredo, Texas	$55,090	$31,740	30
71	Corvallis, Oregon	$55,060	$42,670	40
72	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$55,040	$40,620	30
73	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$55,000	$46,170	100
74	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$54,780	$43,660	60
75	Salt Lake City, Utah	$54,710	$48,910	130
76	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$54,570	$32,660	30
77	Florence, South Carolina	$54,550	$43,890	50
78	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$54,500	$31,580	40
79	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$54,400	$31,620	300
80	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$54,220	$31,400	70
81	St Louis, Missouri	$54,190	$38,400	230
82	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$54,020	$44,240	260
83	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$53,920	$35,850	40
84	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$53,840	$42,970	50
85	Nashua, New Hampshire	$53,830	$36,890	n/a
86	Charlottesville, Virginia	$53,760	$31,500	80
87	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$53,730	$30,600	40
88	Roanoke, Virginia	$53,450	$32,710	40
89	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$53,430	$34,000	750
90	Midland, Texas	$53,270	$53,270	40
91	Kansas City, Missouri	$53,250	$41,290	220
92	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$53,240	$39,910	90
93	Rochester, New York	$53,170	$38,710	70
94	Toledo, Ohio	$53,050	$43,730	120
95	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$53,020	$40,300	60
96	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$52,690	$39,770	40
97	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$52,520	$42,270	40
98	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$52,510	$33,170	50
99	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$52,480	$45,540	180
100	Flagstaff, Arizona	$52,440	$32,780	80

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for athletic trainers.