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Athletic trainer certification (ATC)
A master's degree is now required, and only about half the people who hold the certification are employed as athletic trainers.
Gan figiúr costais fíoraithe.
Míonna oiliúna, lánaimseartha. Páirt-am a thógann níos faide.
Níl aon tréimhse aisíocaíochta ann – níl aon fhigiúr costais le híoc ar ais. Tá an phréimh thíos.
Nuair nach bhféadfaí aon fhigiúr thuas a fhíorú, ní fhoilsímid aon cheann seachas meastachán.
Cén fáth nach bhfuil aon fhigiúr costais anseo
Athletic training programmes sit inside CIP 51.09 with physician assistant studies, respiratory therapy, surgical technology and several other allied-health courses, and the Department publishes no split. The blended master's figure for that code is dominated by physician assistant programmes, which cost and pay far more, so applying it here would be a number about a different profession wearing this page's label.
Since 2022 the entry-level degree has been a master's: two years of accredited graduate study including clinical placements, after a bachelor's, then the BOC examination.
Certification is maintained on a two-year cycle with continuing education and an annual fee; most states also require a licence.
Cé mhéad duine a shealbhaíonn é seo, agus cé mhéad atá ag obair sa réimse
An uimhir a fhágann an figiúr pá amach
An tAcht um 58,646 people holding a current BOC athletic trainer certification comhaireamh i 2025, taifid fostaíochta cónaidhme cuntas ar 30,500 ag obair sna gairmeacha a bhfuil sé beartaithe dóibh — 52.0%. Go bhfágann 28,146 sealbhóirí nach bhfuil sé cuntas a thabhairt ar.
Is teorainn uachtarach é an bhearna sin, ní ráta dífhostaíochta. Tá an bhearna gach duine a bhog isteach i mbainistíocht, teagasc, díolacháin, cigireacht nó post gaolmhar go comhaid sonraí cónaidhme faoi ghairm bheatha éagsúla; gach duine a scoir nó d'fhág gan a thabhairt suas an creidmheas; gach duine ag obair páirtaimseartha, gníomhaireacht nó féinfhostaithe ar bhealach nach bhfuil an suirbhé fostaíochta a ghabháil; agus gach duine a shealbhú sé mar an dara teaghrán le post eile. Mar sin, is é an bhearna an uasteorainn ar cé mhéad daoine oilte nach bhfuil ag obair sa réimse seo - tá an figiúr fíor níos ísle, agus nach bhfuil sé comhaireamh de dhuine ar bith atá dífhostaithe. Cad a dhéanann an péire a bhunú é an méid an linn an figiúr pá foilsithe tost faoi, a bhfuil an rud aon suíomh pá léiríonn tú.
Ag tabhairt freagra ar counts. Sealbhóirí ar dháta i gcoinne fostaíochta i dtréimhse — an cineál céanna cainníochta, a bhfuil an chúis amháin is féidir an dá a roinnt ar chor ar bith.
Cad a chuimsíonn an comhaireamh sin: People holding the ATC credential at the end of 2025. The Board of Certification is the only certifying body for athletic trainers in the United States, so this is a person count rather than a licence-record count. It includes people not currently practising and a small share based outside the United States — BOC put those at 6.2% and 1.4% in its last published demographic breakdown, which covers an earlier cycle and cannot simply be subtracted from this year's total.
Ainmneoir: people holding a current BOC athletic trainer certification = 58,646 (Standing count of people holding the credential, calendar year 2025) · Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer, 2025 Annual Report · amharc
The gap here is one of the wider ones on the site for a clinical credential, and part of it is structural: athletic trainers employed by schools and universities are sometimes filed under teaching or coaching occupations, and those working in industrial and military settings are filed elsewhere again. BOC's own last published breakdown put about 6% of certificants as not currently practising.
Cad a ligeann sé duit a dhéanamh
Baineann an pá leis an bpost, ní leis an gcreidiúnas, agus is iad seo na gairmeacha a gcáilíonn sé duit dóibh.
| Job | An bhfuil sé riachtanach? | Meán | Fostaithe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic Trainers | Legally required to hold the job | $62,520 | 30,500 |
Pá agus fostaíocht mheánmhéide: Staitisticí Fostaíochta agus Pá Ceirde BLS, Bealtaine 2025.
An íocann sé as féin?
Íocann an post seo unlocks meánmhéid de $62,520, i gcoinne meánmhéid fostaíochta-ualaithe de $50,020 ar fud gach slí bheatha a fhoilsiú againn - préimh de thart $12,500 Ní féidir linn é sin a iompú ina thréimhse aisíocaíochta, toisc nach bhfuil aon fhigiúr inchreidte ann maidir leis an méid a chosnaíonn sé seo a fháil — tá leath den ríomh fíor agus foilsithe, agus níl an leath eile againn.
Léigh go bhfuil comparáid le meán-phost, ní le do phost. Cad é an bonnlíne sin, agus cad a fhágann sé amach
Agus glacann sé leis go bhfaigheann tú an post. Tá gach figiúr aisíocaíochta ar an suíomh seo coinníollach ar a bheith fostaithe san obair. Is é sin an toimhde go bhfuil an comhaireamh sealbhóir creidiúna thuas ann chun tástáil a dhéanamh, agus is é an toimhde go ndéanann gach suíomh pá eile go ciúin.
Cad atá uait sula dtosaíonn tú
- A bachelor's degree with prerequisite coursework
- A place on a CAATE-accredited master's programme
- A pass in the BOC examination
Ná déan é seo má
- you need predictable hours — the work follows the sports calendar, which means evenings, weekends and travel
- you are expecting the master's requirement to have raised the pay; it raised the cost of entry and the pay sits below the typical US job for a graduate credential
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