State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: Arkansas vs California
Athletic Trainers in California earn a median of $78,490. In Arkansas, $57,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.1% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.1%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-7.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $57,240
- p25
- $51,570
- p75
- $62,360
- p10
- $47,350
- p90
- $72,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.