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Average Athletic Trainers Salary in Colorado

Athletic Trainers in Colorado earn a median annual salary of $62,670, which is +4.0% compared to the national median. There are 450 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Colorado (state).

$62,670
Colorado median annual wage
+4.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $60,250
450
Local employment
0.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.82
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$40,830
25th
$53,760
Median
$62,670
75th
$71,190
90th
$91,820

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Colorado, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
103.1%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$60,814
Goods: 98.7%
Services: 85.0%
Rents: 127.4%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New Jersey$77,350Compare740
District of Columbia$74,990Compare120
California$74,150Compare1,760
Hawaii$70,930Compare160
Connecticut$67,090Compare280
Texas$66,430Compare2,030

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Colorado

Colorado has salary data for 742 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers.

Historical series

Trend for Athletic Trainers in Colorado

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Athletic Trainers are projected to change by +11.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,400 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.