The 2025 Athletic Training Compensation Survey is your chance to shape the future of the profession. By taking part, you are helping to create the most accurate picture of what it means to work as an athletic trainer today.

What We Learned in 2024

Last year, Go4 published the 2024 Compensation Survey White Paper, which revealed real challenges and opportunities in athletic training. We saw gender, race and ethnicity-based pay gaps, questions about debt-to-income balance, and big differences across work settings. More importantly, we saw athletic trainers use the data to negotiate raises, secure additional staffing, and make informed career decisions.

The 2024 report proved that this survey is more than numbers. It is a tool for advocacy and change. By participating year after year, the survey becomes a longitudinal study, showing whether progress is being made or if inequities persist.

Why 2025 Matters

  • Track progress: Annual data helps us see whether the profession is moving forward or falling behind.
  • Strengthen advocacy: Reliable numbers give ATs leverage when asking for raises, better benefits, or structural change.
  • Empower individuals: The results help athletic trainers benchmark their pay and benefits and make better career choices.
  • Drive change: A stronger dataset allows the profession to demand fair compensation and support across every setting.

How You Can Help

  1. Take the survey. It only takes a few minutes and has long-term impact.
  2. Share it with peers. The more responses we collect, the more accurate and powerful the data becomes.
  3. Use the results. Apply our findings to your workplace, in negotiations, and in conversations about the profession’s future.
  4. Tell us about your successes!  If you have been successful using our data to advocate for yourself or your department, please tell us! We want to hear about your accomplishments!

Take The Survey!

If you’re an athletic trainer, we need you.

Take the Survey Now

Take the 2025 AT Compensation Survey. Share it with your peers. Use it to advocate for yourself, your colleagues, and the next generation of ATs. Together, we can build a more sustainable and equitable profession—one data point at a time.

Final Note

The 2024 White Paper showed that compensation data can lead to real change. The 2025 survey is the next step forward. Make your voice count—take the survey today and help shape the future of athletic training.

📄 Haven’t read the 2024 AT Compensation White Paper report yet? Download it here!