Athletic Trainers in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,513
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$10,727
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,767
Arkansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arkansas — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$57,240
Kept after tax
$46,513
Worth in national money
$53,767
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for athletic trainers is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $57,240. That is 46 of 50 states, and about 8.45% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Athletic trainers ranks 169 among 489 occupations Arkansas publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $57,240 you keep $46,513 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $53,767 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $58,840, since top earners drag the number up.
- For athletic trainers, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $57,240, ranking 46 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 8.45%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 169 of 489 in Arkansas places athletic trainers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Arkansas is $46,513 after the full tax stack, from $57,240. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,767 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $58,840 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Athletic Trainers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,900 |
| This salary | $57,240 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arkansas | $46,513 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,172 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,195 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $55,175 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,073 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arkansas earn less than $57,240. The published range is $47,350 up to $72,900, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $46,513 take-home in Arkansas comes from $57,240. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 169 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arkansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,767, the adjusted value of that $57,240 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 169 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for athletic trainers in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,350 to $72,900. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $46,513, from $57,240, assumes a single Arkansas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 169 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arkansas, so $53,767 — the adjusted value of that $57,240 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 169 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,350 and the top tenth $72,900, so most people doing this work in Arkansas sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Arkansas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $53,767 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Arkansas adds its own income tax on top — which is why $46,513 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,350 to $72,900) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arkansas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Arkansas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $53,767 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $46,513 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arkansas income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.