Kyle Peckham

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 it half the time....

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 high school position...

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 year. More than half...