Athletic trainers are about average in terms of happiness.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, athletic trainers rate their career happiness 3.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 41% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy athletic trainers are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Fitness trainer | 3.6 | $17k |
| Golf pro | 3.5 | $36k |
| Personal trainer | 3.5 | $30k |
| Physical education teacher | 3.5 | $26k |
| Fitness coordinator | 3.5 | $66k |
| Athletic trainer | 3.3 | $21k |
| Exercise physiologist | 3.3 | $57k |
| Kinesiologist | 3.3 | $31k |
| Physical therapist | 3.3 | $61k |
| Referee | 3.2 | $1k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are athletic trainers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do athletic trainers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as athletic trainers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are athletic trainer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are athletic trainers making the best use of their abilities?
Are athletic trainers happy with their salary?
Athletic trainers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.7/5. Athletic trainers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked athletic trainers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
262 athletic trainers
9% of athletic trainers rated their compensation 5 stars
15% of athletic trainers rated their compensation 4 stars
32% of athletic trainers rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of athletic trainers rated their compensation 2 stars
20% of athletic trainers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do athletic trainers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, athletic trainers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.3/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked athletic trainers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
267 athletic trainers
21% of athletic trainers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
26% of athletic trainers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
30% of athletic trainers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
15% of athletic trainers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
9% of athletic trainers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as athletic trainers?
Athletic trainers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.1/5. The majority of athletic trainers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked athletic trainers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
282 athletic trainers
42% of athletic trainers rated their career fit 5 stars
33% of athletic trainers rated their career fit 4 stars
19% of athletic trainers rated their career fit 3 stars
4% of athletic trainers rated their career fit 2 stars
2% of athletic trainers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an athletic trainer’s work environment?
As a whole, athletic trainers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.7/5. A solid majority of athletic trainers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an athletic trainer.
We asked athletic trainers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
283 athletic trainers
28% of athletic trainers rated their work environment 5 stars
35% of athletic trainers rated their work environment 4 stars
21% of athletic trainers rated their work environment 3 stars
11% of athletic trainers rated their work environment 2 stars
5% of athletic trainers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are athletic trainers making the best use of their abilities?
Former athletic trainers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.5/5. Most athletic trainers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as an athletic trainer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked athletic trainers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
285 athletic trainers
24% of athletic trainers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
31% of athletic trainers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
25% of athletic trainers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
14% of athletic trainers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
7% of athletic trainers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars