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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.
Ma jiro qiimaha la xaqiijiyay.
Bilood tababarka, waqti buuxa. Waqtiga qaybta ka qaadataa waqti dheer.
Ma jiro waqti la bixiyo — ma jiro qiime la bixiyo. Qiimaha waa hoos ku qoran.
Marka aan la aqoonsan karin tirada kor ku xusan waxaan daabacnaa mid ka mid ah oo aan ahayn qiimeyn.
Maxaa ka jiraa in aan lacagta la soo bandhigin
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.
Tirada dadka haystaan, iyo inta badan oo ka shaqeeyaan ee dhulka
Tirada lacagta lacagta la siiyo ka tagay
ee 58,646 people holding a current BOC athletic trainer certification la xisaabiyey 2025, diiwaanada shaqada federaalka ah xisaabta 30,500 shaqada ee xirfado waa in ay u - 52.0%. Oo ka taga 28,146 Owners ma xisaab ah.
In farqiga waa xad sare, ma aha heerka shaqo la'aanta. Qabashada aqoonsiga ma aha sida la mid ah sida raadinaya shaqada la. kala fogaanshaha waxaa ku jira qof kasta oo u dhaqaaqay maamulka, waxbarashada, iibka, baaritaanka ama shaqo la xiriira in xogta federaalka faylasha hoos shaqo kala duwan; qof kasta oo ka fariistay ama ka baxay iyadoo aan la siin aqoonsiga; qof kasta oo ka shaqeeya waqti qayb ah, hay'ad ama shaqsi ahaan u shaqeeyo si habka cilmi baarista shaqada ma qabtaan; iyo qof kasta oo haysta sida string labaad oo shaqo kale. Sidaas, kala fogaanshaha waa Ceiling on sida badan oo dadka tababaran ma shaqeeyaan ee qaybtan - tirada dhabta ah waa ka hooseeya, oo ma aha tirada qof kasta oo shaqo la'aan ah. waxa labada u samayn waa in ay dhisaan waa miisaanka ee biyaha la daabacay tirada mushaharka waa aamusnaan, taas oo ah waxa aan lacagta website-ka ma muujin.
Labada dhinacba waa tirakoob taagan. Holders on taariikhda ka dhanka ah shaqada ee muddo ah - nooca isku mid ah ee tiro, taas oo ah sababta keliya ee labada la kala qaybin karo oo dhan.
Waxa tiradaas ku jira: 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.
Isku-dhafka: 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 · aragti
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.
Waxa ay kuu ogolaanaysaa inaad sameyso
Lacagta ku saabsan shaqada, ma aha in aqoonsiga. Kuwaas waa shaqooyinka ay ku siinaysaa aad u.
| Shaqada | Ma loo baahan yahay? | Dhexdhexaad | Shaqaale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic Trainers | Legally required to hold the job | $62,520 | 30,500 |
Lacagta dhexdhexaadka ah iyo shaqada: BLS Shaqada Shaqada iyo Tirakoobka Lacagta, May 2025.
Ma u bixisaa naftiisa?
Shaqada this furaysaa bixisaa mid ka mid ah $62,520, ka dhanka ah shaqo-dhisidda midabka ee $50,020 oo dhan shaqo kasta oo aan daabacno - premium ee ku saabsan $12,500 sanadka ka hor canshuurta. Waxaana aan ku noqon karin in ay noqdaan muddo lacagta dib u, sababtoo ah ma jiro tirakoobka la aamini karo oo jira waxa ku kacaya in la helo - badhka xisaabta waa run iyo la daabacay, iyo badhka kale aan ma lahayn.
Akhri in sida isbarbardhigga shaqo caadi ah, ma aha shaqadaada. Waa maxay in line baseline ah, iyo waxa ay ka tagto
Oo waxay u maleynayaan inaad shaqo hesho. Fiiri kasta oo lacagta dib u eegis ah ee goobtan waa shuruud ku ah in la siiyo shaqada. Taasi waa qiyaasta in la xisaabiyo aqoonsiga-qaadashada kor ku xusan ka jira in la tijaabiyo, iyo waa qiyaasta in kasta oo kale oo lacag ah goobta ka dhigi doonaa si qaylo leh.
Waxa aad u baahan tahay ka hor inta aadan bilaabin
- A bachelor's degree with prerequisite coursework
- A place on a CAATE-accredited master's programme
- A pass in the BOC examination
Ha samayn haddii
- 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
Dhammaan aqoonsiga, by waqti payback · Sidaan loo xisaabiyey · Ka eeg wax kale