Athletic Trainers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,779
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$16,431
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,902
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — 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
$76,210
Kept after tax
$59,779
Worth in national money
$54,902
State rank
3
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Jersey pays athletic trainers a middle wage of $76,210, ranking 3 of 50 states and sitting about 21.9% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 217.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $76,210, tax leaves $59,779 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $54,902 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $79,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey's median for athletic trainers is $76,210, about 21.9% above the national figure and 3 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, athletic trainers sits at 217 of 490 — 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.
- After tax, $59,779 remains from the New Jersey median of $76,210 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $54,902 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $79,790 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 | $52,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $112,330 |
| This salary | $76,210 |
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 New Jersey | $59,779 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,444 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,357 |
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 | $72,422 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,525 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of athletic trainers in New Jersey earn under $76,210 and half over. The published range runs $52,040 at the tenth percentile to $112,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $59,779, from $76,210, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 217 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,902 uses one figure for the whole of New Jersey. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 217.
- Figures are distribution medians for athletic trainers in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,040 to $112,330; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,779 from $76,210. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 217 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,902, worked from $76,210, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Jersey address, on work sitting at 217 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $79,790, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $52,040, the highest tenth $112,330, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New Jersey run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $54,902 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New Jersey then takes its own share, leaving $59,779.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 New Jersey is $79,790. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($52,040) and the ninetieth ($112,330) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $54,902 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 $59,779 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey 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.