State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: California vs Tennessee
Athletic Trainers in California earn a median of $78,490. In Tennessee, $59,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.1%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+8.9%
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%
Tennessee
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $59,850
- p25
- $50,540
- p75
- $63,160
- p10
- $44,030
- p90
- $75,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- 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.