Athletic Trainers
SOC 29-9091 · 2024-2034
Evaluate and treat musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses. Provide preventive, therapeutic, emergency, and rehabilitative care.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $80,687per year
- Projected openings
- 1,290
- Projected change
- +5%
- Usually needs
- Master's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $80,336 | 160 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $79,635 | 70 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $79,247 | 190 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $78,527 | 120 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $71,986 | 430 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $70,900 | 120 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $66,345 | 140 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians, All Other | $289,473 | 9,800 | +9.5% |
| Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | $59,459 | 105,200 | +16.7% |
| Exercise Physiologists | $64,188 | 1,450 | +16.7% |
| Recreational Therapists | $100,918 | 1,870 | +15.8% |
| Physical Therapist Assistants | $85,215 | 18,930 | +41.1% |
| Occupational Therapists | $127,995 | 10,780 | +26.7% |
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