State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: Delaware vs New Jersey
Athletic Trainers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,210. In Delaware, $59,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
Delaware vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $59,650
- p25
- $57,840
- p75
- $68,290
- p10
- $41,080
- p90
- $88,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
New Jersey
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $76,210
- p25
- $60,800
- p75
- $93,540
- p10
- $52,040
- p90
- $112,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.