State comparison · 2025
Athletic Trainers salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Athletic Trainers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,210. In Pennsylvania, $61,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.8%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Pennsylvania
Athletic Trainers
- Median
- $61,060
- p25
- $54,360
- p75
- $65,680
- p10
- $46,960
- p90
- $77,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.