SOC 29-9091 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Athletic Trainers make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Athletic Trainers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is $64,150. The 10th percentile is $63,320 and the 90th percentile is $78,110. Employment is 650.
Median annual wage
$64,150
- 10th percentile
- $63,320
- 25th percentile
- $64,150
- Median
- $64,150
- 75th percentile
- $64,150
- 90th percentile
- $78,110
- Mean
- $67,060
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

Percentile spread
For Athletic Trainers, the published 10th percentile is $63,320 and the 90th percentile is $78,110. The difference is $14,790, which is 23.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $64,150 to the 75th at $64,150, covers $0.
The mean annual wage is $67,060, which sits above the median of $64,150. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.
National and state comparison
The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median is 2.6% higher than the national median of $62,520 for Athletic Trainers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $65,415, which is 4.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is about the same as the Texas median of $64,150.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,150 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Athletic Trainers at $65,415 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Athletic Trainers. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 4th of 8 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Killeen-Temple, TX is 66 miles away, with a median of $59,330 and employment of 60. That median is 7.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,103, against $65,415 here.
- College Station-Bryan, TX is 77 miles away, with a median of $62,410 and employment of 50. That median is 2.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,619, against $65,415 here.
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 80 miles away, with a median of $65,800 and employment of 240. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,471, against $65,415 here.
Employment share
Athletic Trainers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (650 of 1,293,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (30,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.56 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX · Athletic Trainers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Athletic Trainers make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Athletic Trainers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is $64,150. The 10th percentile is $63,320 and the 90th percentile is $78,110. Employment is 650.
How does that compare with the national median for Athletic Trainers?
The local median is 2.6% higher than the national median of $62,520.
What is Athletic Trainers pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $64,150 is $65,415. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX compare with nearby metros for Athletic Trainers?
Killeen-Temple, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 66 miles away, at $59,330. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 4th of 8 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.