Athletic Trainers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,416
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$13,814
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,702
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — 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
$66,230
Kept after tax
$52,416
Worth in national money
$48,702
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for athletic trainers. The middle earner takes $66,230, which ranks 8 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 5.93% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 252.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $66,230 the take-home is $52,416; in national-average money that behaves like $48,702. The average comes to $73,730, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York ranks 8 of 50 states publishing a median for athletic trainers, at $66,230 — about 5.93% 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 New York's occupational distribution, athletic trainers sits at 252 of 493 — 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.
- Take-home for athletic trainers in New York, on $66,230, is $52,416; deflated by the state's price level, $48,702. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $73,730 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Athletic Trainers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,840 |
| This salary | $66,230 |
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 York | $52,416 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,396 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,304 |
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 | $62,522 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,043 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
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 York earn under $66,230 and half over. The published range runs $49,990 at the tenth percentile to $101,840 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $52,416 take-home in New York comes from $66,230. 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 252 of 493.
- Two cautions on $48,702, the adjusted value of that $66,230 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New York. 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 252 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for athletic trainers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,990 to $101,840; 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.
- Retained pay of $52,416, from $66,230, assumes a single New York 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 252 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 50 for it.
- This $48,702 adjusted figure, worked from $66,230, 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 252 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 252 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $73,730 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $49,990 at the bottom tenth to $101,840 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $48,702 of national purchasing power.
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 New York adds its own income tax on top — which is why $52,416 of this wage survives to your account.
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 York is $73,730. 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 ($49,990) and the ninetieth ($101,840) 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 York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $48,702 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 $52,416 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York 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.