State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: Arizona vs California
Athletic Trainers in California earn a median of $78,490. In Arizona, $61,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.4%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-13.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $61,710
- p25
- $51,580
- p75
- $76,960
- p10
- $48,330
- p90
- $89,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.