State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: Alabama vs California
Athletic Trainers in California earn a median of $78,490. In Alabama, $46,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-25.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $46,940
- p25
- $40,980
- p75
- $60,870
- p10
- $38,110
- p90
- $63,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
California
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $78,490
- p25
- $67,600
- p75
- $90,180
- p10
- $54,770
- p90
- $108,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.