Sports Trainer Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

About 17,000 sports trainers can be found working in the US. A very low unemployment level has been the case recently. Employees without jobs were about 2%.

Area Job Conditions

Finding sports trainers is easiest in Great Falls (Montana), Lawrence (Kansas), and Charlottesville (Virginia), and by comparison more challenging in Minneapolis (Minnesota), Portland (Oregon), and San Francisco (California).

The pay is best in McAllen (Texas), Newark (New Jersey), and Edison (New Jersey) and worst in Tulsa (Oklahoma), Great Falls (Montana), and Charlottesville (Virginia).

Training and Education

You'll generally want a bachelor's degree for this career path. Of current sports trainers, 72% graduated from college with degrees. Some 18% of workers attened college but did not go on to get a bachelor's degree. A high school education was sufficient for 9% of employees. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Sports trainers working part-time accounted for 8% of those employed in 2008. Self-employed workers represent an estimated 2% of the total.

Sports Trainers by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Birmingham	$37,000	60	+61%

Arizona

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Phoenix	$41,000	140	+5%

Arkansas

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Little Rock	$38,000	40	+67%

California

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Oakland	$45,000	60	-19%
Riverside	$36,000	100	+9%
San Diego	$47,000	80	-17%
San Francisco	$40,000	30	-58%
San Jose	$47,000	50	-24%

Colorado

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Colorado Springs	$37,000	30	+71%
Denver	$37,000	120	+34%

Connecticut

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bridgeport	$42,000	40	+29%
Hartford	$37,000	50	+21%
New Haven	$45,000	40	+104%

Delaware

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Wilmington	$45,000	30	+30%

District of Columbia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Washington	$55,000	150	-10%

Florida

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Fort Lauderdale	$47,000	50	-5%
Miami	$45,000	110	+55%
Orlando	$48,000	80	+6%
Tallahassee	$42,000	40	+260%
Tampa	$43,000	110	+26%
West Palm Beach	$38,000	30	-22%

Georgia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Athens	$46,000	40	+723%

Hawaii

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Honolulu	$49,000	70	+126%

Illinois

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Champaign	$55,000	30	+385%
Chicago	$48,000	400	+45%

Indiana

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Indianapolis	$43,000	220	+243%

Kansas

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Lawrence	$38,000	40	+1334%
Topeka	$33,000	40	+443%
Wichita	$44,000	30	+40%

Kentucky

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Louisville	$39,000	60	+36%

Louisiana

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Lafayette	$42,000	80	+714%

Maryland

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Baltimore	$44,000	80	-15%
Bethesda	$47,000	30	-26%

Massachusetts

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Boston	$49,000	230	+86%
Springfield	$47,000	60	+185%

Michigan

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Ann Arbor	$44,000	60	+429%
Detroit	$40,000	130	+156%
Lansing	$45,000	30	+126%
Warren	$45,000	80	-4%

Minnesota

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Duluth	$40,000	40	+366%
Minneapolis	$45,000	90	-30%

Mississippi

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Jackson	$42,000	40	+126%

Missouri

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Kansas City	$37,000	80	+8%
Springfield	$38,000	40	+197%
St Louis	$55,000	190	+95%

Montana

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Great Falls	$19,000	30	+1356%

Nebraska

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Omaha	$37,000	80	+143%

Nevada

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Las Vegas	$48,000	60	-9%

New Jersey

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Camden	$49,000	50	+32%
Edison	$54,000	80	+8%
Newark	$52,000	100	+38%
Trenton	$48,000	40	+169%

New York

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Albany	$40,000	50	+61%
Buffalo	$48,000	60	+57%
Nassau	$54,000	130	+44%
Rochester	$34,000	70	+97%

North Carolina

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Charlotte	$42,000	60	-6%
Raleigh	$42,000	40	+10%

Ohio

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Canton	$44,000	40	+236%
Cincinnati	$40,000	180	+141%
Cleveland	$43,000	180	+136%
Columbus	$45,000	90	+34%
Dayton	$42,000	130	+370%
Toledo	$44,000	60	+173%
Youngstown	$42,000	50	+207%

Oklahoma

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Oklahoma City	$53,000	70	+74%
Tulsa	$31,000	50	+61%

Oregon

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Portland	$45,000	50	-33%

Pennsylvania

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Allentown	$38,000	70	+194%
Erie	$37,000	30	+255%
Philadelphia	$41,000	290	+114%
Pittsburgh	$36,000	320	+292%

Rhode Island

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Providence	$49,000	40	-1%

South Carolina

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Greenville	$40,000	90	+320%

Tennessee

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Knoxville	$41,000	60	+154%
Nashville	$50,000	100	+83%

Texas

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Austin	$46,000	110	+102%
Corpus Christi	$47,000	50	+314%
Dallas	$44,000	210	+39%
Fort Worth	$49,000	100	+62%
Houston	$42,000	240	+29%
Mcallen	$51,000	40	+164%
San Antonio	$42,000	120	+99%

Utah

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Ogden	$41,000	30	+117%
Provo	$42,000	30	+165%
Salt Lake City	$41,000	60	+34%

Virginia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Charlottesville	$24,000	70	+1042%
Virginia Beach	$36,000	40	-26%

Washington

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Seattle	$44,000	100	-3%

Wisconsin

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Appleton	$44,000	30	+293%
Madison	$43,000	40	+70%
Milwaukee	$47,000	100	+64%

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