State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: Kansas vs New Jersey
Athletic Trainers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,210. In Kansas, $59,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-6.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $59,140
- p25
- $53,370
- p75
- $69,520
- p10
- $47,160
- p90
- $78,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.