State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Athletic Trainers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,210. In Kentucky, $60,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.4%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $60,680
- p25
- $50,010
- p75
- $66,640
- p10
- $45,500
- p90
- $82,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.