State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Athletic Trainers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,210. In Massachusetts, $70,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 8.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.1%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $70,010
- p25
- $59,870
- p75
- $87,230
- p10
- $50,560
- p90
- $104,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.