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Athletic Trainers
Evaluate and treat musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses. Provide preventive, therapeutic, emergency, and rehabilitative care.
What an athletic trainer does
Become an athletic trainer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good athletic trainer
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Understanding people's reactions.
- Looking for ways to help people.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $39 per hour with an average salary of $54,700 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $21 and $39 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $3,500 and $53,200 per year.
- 41% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $34 per hour with an average salary of $21,100 per year.
Athletic Trainer job outlook
- There are 373 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 74 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 5% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 36% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.