State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: Illinois vs Texas
Athletic Trainers in Illinois earn a median of $64,750. In Texas, $64,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 0.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+0.9%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-2%
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)
- +400%
Texas
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $64,150
- p25
- $62,090
- p75
- $80,410
- p10
- $54,750
- p90
- $99,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.