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146 new athletic trainer jobs hit the market this week. That’s a big jump from 107 last week. But it’s not quite the hiring surge the headline suggests. More than a third of this week’s jobs — 53 of 146 — came from the industrial setting. Meanwhile, only 85 jobs posted pay, dropping salary transparency from 64% last week to 58% this week. And the divide between settings is getting harder to ignore. Industrial employers posted pay on 77% of their jobs this week. Colleges did i

107 new Athletic Trainer job postings hit the board this week, and salary transparency rebounded a bit. 69 of the 107 postings, about 64 percent, included real compensation. That's considerably better than last week, but it still means more than one out of every three postings is keeping you in the dark. There are some solid opportunities in this group despite hiring slowing down. UC San Diego is approaching $100,000 for a Division I Men's Basketball assignment. An Oregon hig

102 new athletic trainer jobs hit the board this week, and I am going to be honest with you about this one. Outside of a handful of roles, this was a thin week for quality. The volume was there. The standout compensation mostly is not and there were a lot of repeat roles being recycled... and there's a reason why those still haven't filled. Only 50 of the 102 postings, 49 percent, included a real salary range. That is one of the weakest transparency weeks we have had all yea

77 new athletic trainer jobs this week, with 51 of 77 — 66% — including salary information. There are some legitimately strong opportunities on the board: a Division I men’s basketball role approaching $93,000, an Amazon industrial position reaching $90,200, a collegiate opening with a $15,000 sign-on bonus, and an industrial role offering a four-day workweek at as much as $60 per hour. There’s also a full-time Division I athletic training fellowship paying $25,400. We’ll ge

I hope you all had a fantastic long Labor Day Weekend! We are back with, 158 new athletic trainer jobs added to the job board this week. The picks span a wide range of settings: a professional volleyball team, a tenure-track faculty position, an Amazon industrial role in a favorable market, an arena football team, and a founding director opportunity that may be one of the most significant career-building roles posted on this board all year. But the picks aren’t the reason to

102 new athletic trainer jobs this week. The back-to-school surge is winding down and the board is settling into its fall cadence — collegiate roles account for 38% of the board, while clinic and hospital outreach had one of its stronger weeks of the summer. Salary transparency dipped this week: 72 of 102 postings (71%) included compensation. The picks span a wide range of settings, including a children’s hospital leadership role, an NBA G League team, a private school with s

292 new athletic trainer jobs added to the board this week. That is one of the biggest editions of AT Finder we’ve put together all year. But there’s some important context behind that number. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been putting a lot of work into improving how AT Finder sources and curates jobs. I’ve expanded where I’m looking, tightened up the process I use to find postings, and worked on catching jobs that previously might have slipped through the cracks. And I thin

91 new athletic trainer job postings this week. That makes this one of the quieter weeks we have had since early spring, but that is not particularly surprising. It is mid-August. Fall sports are getting underway, and most programs that desperately needed someone before the season have either made a hire or are getting very close. The summer hiring rush is slowing down. One number is moving in a direction I like a whole lot more: 80%+ SALARY TRANSPARENCY THIS WEEK More than 8

147 new athletic trainer jobs this week — and this may be one of the stronger compensation weeks we have had in a while. The board is also unusually balanced. Collegiate, secondary school, industrial and clinical roles are all well represented as the market shifts from peak summer hiring into the start of fall sports. A few things immediately stood out: A secondary school role starting above $84,000. Another school district with a salary schedule that reaches six figures on a

109 new athletic trainer jobs this week. The board continues to lean heavily toward college athletics, with 41.5% of this week’s postings coming from colleges and universities — the highest collegiate share of the year. But the more important story may be the calendar. Fall sports are approaching. Preseason is beginning. Some institutions are still trying to fill positions they expected to have staffed weeks ago. That does not mean every employer suddenly has unlimited money.

108 new athletic trainer jobs hit the board this week. Volume was lighter as the summer hiring cycle begins to wind down, but salary transparency was not. Of this week’s postings, 77.6% included compensation, one of the strongest transparency weeks of the year. The board leaned heavily toward collegiate and secondary school positions, with a legitimate Ivy League leadership opportunity at the top, several strong public and private school jobs, a four-day industrial schedule,

135 new athletic trainer jobs this week. But one thing outside the board caught my attention. Within a relatively short period of time, I came across two separate references to small colleges using recent athletic training graduates who had not yet passed the BOC exam in roles being described as “internships.” I do not know how common this is. I also do not know exactly how these positions are being structured. But my suspicion is that at least part of this is being driven by

147 new athletic trainer jobs this week. Volume held steady from last week and the range of settings continued to be one of the more interesting features of the summer market. UC Davis is back on the board with a full UC system salary band approaching $124,000. Amazon made its seventh appearance of the year. And one of the more genuinely unusual career opportunities we have seen come across the board this year showed up in Aurora, Colorado. Fighter pilot human performance. Mo

129 new athletic trainer jobs hit the board this week. That is a pullback from last week’s record 214, but that was always going to be a tough act to follow. The July 4th holiday week slows posting cadence across every industry, and athletic training is no exception. No six-figure ceilings on the board this week outside of a PRN posting from a small Illinois hospital. The top of the market landed in the $90,000–$95,000 range, led by Houston Christian University’s Assistant AD

Records are meant to be broken and this week we shattered our job volume record by a large margin. 214 new athletic trainer jobs flooded onto the market this week and it is really no surprise. July 1 is the start of the fiscal year for most school districts, universities, and health systems. Budgets have been approved. Position vacancies are authorized. HR departments get the green light. The result is a wave of postings hitting the market in the final week of June as employe

114 new athletic trainer jobs this week. Lighter on volume but the range of settings at the top of the board this week is worth checking out. In one week you have a national governing body posting for the US Women’s Soccer Development program. A Head AT role at a UC campus clearing six figures. Two Virginia school districts with civil service salary bands pushing past $117,000. Amazon back on the board with RSUs. And a 210-day contract in small-town Arkansas where the salary

119 new athletic trainer jobs this week. And the school that has been at the center of one of the profession’s most discussed stories of the year is back on the board. Ipswich Public School District reposted their Athletic Trainer position this week. If that name is familiar, it should be. At the end of March, a lacrosse scrimmage at Ipswich High School ended in a serious injury with no AT on site. The response was chaotic. The school’s longtime AT resigned in the days that f

124 new athletic trainer jobs this week. And the board had a distinctly collegiate feel — 43% of all postings came from college and university programs. Over 20+ weeks of tracking, the average has been around 27%. This week nearly doubled that. That is worth paying attention to. Late spring and early summer is traditionally when collegiate AT positions open up — end of academic year contracts, budget approvals, staff departures after the school year closes. But a single week

100 new athletic trainer jobs hit the board this week, and one of them gives the profession something we almost never get to see: a public salary range for a Head AT position in professional sports. The Los Angeles Kings posted their Head Athletic Trainer position at $200,000 to $230,000. That does not beat the highest salary we have seen on AT Finder — USC previously posted a role reaching $240,000 — but this one stands out because positions like this rarely come with public

109 new athletic trainer jobs this week. Before anything else — happy Memorial Day. We hope you are getting a much deserved day off today. If you are covering an event or on call, we see you. Volume pulled back from last week’s record 165 but the quality at the top held up well. Memorial Day weekend tends to slow posting cadence — so 109 clean, unique postings is a solid week by any other measure. The headline this week is Amazon. The company posted an Injury Prevention Speci