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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.
Akukho manani entengo aqinisekisiwe.
Inyanga yoqeqesho, isikhathi esigcwele. Isikhathi esincane sithatha isikhathi eside.
Akukho sikhathi sokukhokha emuva — akukho zindleko ezizokhokhwa emuva. Ipremiyamu ingaphansi.
Uma akukho sithombe esiphezulu esingaqinisekiswa sishicilela lutho ngaphandle kokulinganisa.
Kungani asikho isilinganiso semali lapha
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.
Ingabe abantu abaningi bagcina lokhu, futhi bangaki abasebenza kule ndawo
Inani elishiya umlinganiso womsebenzi ngaphandle
I- 58,646 people holding a current BOC athletic trainer certification i-%s 2025, i-akhawunti ye-akhawunti 30,500 isebenza ezimbonini ezizo — 52.0%. Okushiya 28,146 i-Akhawunti
Lo mkhuba ukhona futhi ukhona futhi ukhona. Ukubamba igunya akuyona into efanayo njengokubheka umsebenzi ngaleyo. Ibanga liqukethe wonke umuntu osuka ku-management, ukuqeqesha, ukuthengisa, ukuhlola noma umsebenzi ophathelene nedatha yezwe efile ngaphansi komsebenzi ohlukile; wonke umuntu osuka noma washiya ngaphandle kokunikela igunya; wonke umuntu osebenza isikhathi esincane, inhlangano noma osebenza ngokwakhe ngendlela ucwaningo lomsebenzi alutholakali; futhi wonke umuntu ogcina njengentambo yesithathu kusinye umsebenzi. Ngakho ibanga liyi-CEILING mayelana nokuthi abantu abaningi abaqeqeshiwe abasebenzanga kule ndawo — isithombe sangempela siphansi, futhi akuyona ukubala kwanoma ngubani ongekho emisebenzini. Okuthi iqembu liyibeke yisayizi ye-pool isithombe semali esishicilelwe sikhala, okuyinto engakhokhwa iwebhusayithi ibonisa wena.
Izingxenye ezimbili zihlala zibala. Abanikazi ngesonto elilodwa elingasebenzi ngesikhathi - uhlobo olufanayo lobukhulu, okuyinto isizathu kuphela ezimbini zingahlukaniswa ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Igama le-akhawunti: 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.
Isibalo: 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 · isithombe
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.
Izinto ezikuvumela ukuthi ukwenze
Imali ihlobene nemisebenzi, hhayi negunya. Lawa msebenzi akusho ukuthi ufanele usebenze.
| Imisebenzi | Ingabe kudingeka? | I-median | Abasebenza |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic Trainers | Legally required to hold the job | $62,520 | 30,500 |
Imali ephakathi nemisebenzi: I-BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Ingabe ikhokhela ngokwayo?
Umsebenzi ovula lokhu ukhokha umphakathi we $62,520, 1.1 $50,020 ngaphesheya nganoma iyiphi umsebenzi sishicilela - premium mayelana $12,500 singakwazi ukushintsha lokho kube yisikhathi sokubuyiselwa imali, ngoba akukho sithombe esithembekile esikhona sokuthi yini le mali edingekayo ukuthola - inhlamvu ye-calculation ikhona futhi ishicilelwe, kanti enye inhlamvu asinayo.
Funda lokhu njengelinganiso kumsebenzi ojwayelekile, hhayi kumsebenzi wakho. Yini le sisekelo, nokuthi yini eshiya ngaphandle
futhi icabanga ukuthi uthola umsebenzi. Wonke umbhalo wokukhokha emuva kule sayithi uhambisana nokusebenza. Lokhu kuyisinqumo sokuba umsebenzisi ogunyaziwe uthola ubalo phezulu ukhona ukubheka, futhi kuyisinqumo sokuba wonke amanye amasayithi okukhokha akwenza ngokucophelela.
Odingayo ngaphambi kokuqala
- A bachelor's degree with prerequisite coursework
- A place on a CAATE-accredited master's programme
- A pass in the BOC examination
Ungayenzi lokhu uma
- 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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