State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Athletic Trainers in California earn a median of $78,490. In Pennsylvania, $61,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.5%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+13.3%
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%
Pennsylvania
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $61,060
- p25
- $54,360
- p75
- $65,680
- p10
- $46,960
- p90
- $77,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.