State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Athletic Trainers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,210. In Illinois, $64,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.6% — not 15%.
Nominal pay gap
-15%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-7.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $64,750
- p25
- $53,510
- p75
- $76,560
- p10
- $49,240
- p90
- $93,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.