State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: California vs Kentucky
Athletic Trainers in California earn a median of $78,490. In Kentucky, $60,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.4%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+5.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Kentucky
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $60,680
- p25
- $50,010
- p75
- $66,640
- p10
- $45,500
- p90
- $82,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.