Athletic Trainers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,937
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$12,643
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,229
Colorado costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Colorado — 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
$64,580
Kept after tax
$51,937
Worth in national money
$51,229
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for athletic trainers. The middle earner takes $64,580, which ranks 13 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 3.29% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Colorado reports figures for, this is number 228.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $64,580, tax leaves $51,937, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $51,229 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $69,050, since top earners drag the number up.
- Colorado ranks 13 of 50 states publishing a median for athletic trainers, at $64,580 — about 3.29% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Colorado's occupational distribution, athletic trainers sits at 228 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for athletic trainers — median $64,580 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $51,937 retained, $51,229 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $69,050 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 | $53,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,170 |
| This salary | $64,580 |
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 Colorado | $51,937 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,070 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,413 |
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 | $61,925 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,337 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Colorado earn less than $64,580. The published range is $53,390 up to $86,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $51,937 take-home in Colorado comes from $64,580. 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 228 of 491.
- Two cautions on $51,229, the adjusted value of that $64,580 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Colorado. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 228 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for athletic trainers in Colorado the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $53,390 to $86,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $51,937, from $64,580, assumes a single Colorado 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 228 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 50 for it.
- This $51,229 adjusted figure, worked from $64,580, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 228 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 228 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $69,050, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $53,390 at the tenth percentile, $86,170 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Colorado run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $51,229 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Colorado's own levy, $51,937 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Colorado is $69,050. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($53,390 to $86,170) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Colorado rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Colorado's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $51,229 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $51,937 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Colorado 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.