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Why it fits
Applies activity planning, functional goals, rehabilitation teamwork, patient motivation, safety, and documentation.
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Uses functional assessment, adaptive exercises, patient support, safety, progress notes, and care-team communication.
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Applies injury rehab, therapeutic exercise, patient monitoring, documentation, safety, and therapist collaboration.
Why it fits
Transfers athlete communication, practice coverage, performance feedback, injury awareness, conditioning, and team routines.
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Calculated automation risk
Minimal Risk (0-20%): This occupation appears difficult to replace end-to-end with current or near-future automation, including AI software and robotics. Roles in this range usually depend on human judgement, creativity, care, leadership, specialist expertise, or adapting to messy real-world situations. AI and machines may still change parts of the work, but the occupation is likely to remain a distinct human role.
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Human strengths important in this job
These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.
Assisting and caring for others
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Decision-making and problem solving
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Psychology knowledge
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Thinking creatively
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Persuasion
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Developing objectives and strategies
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Communicating with people outside the organization
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Active learning
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Education and training expertise
Quite importantWhy this matters
What users think
Based on 104 votes
Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 13% chance of automation.
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What is the likelihood that Athletic Trainers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?
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Pay & outlook
Wages
In 2024, the median annual wage for Athletic Trainers was $60,250 ($29 per hour).
The median annual wage for Athletic Trainers was 21.7% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.
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Wages over time
Growth
The number of 'Athletic Trainers' job openings is expected to rise 11.1% by 2034
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Total employment, and estimated job openings
Updated projections are due 09-2025.
Volume
As of 2024 there were 28,950 people employed as 'Athletic Trainers' within the United States.
This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country
Put another way, around 1 in 5 thousand people are employed as 'Athletic Trainers'.
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Job description
Evaluate and treat musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses. Provide preventive, therapeutic, emergency, and rehabilitative care.
O*NET-SOC code: 29-9091.00
What people are saying (4)
Sorry bud, but machines, hentai pillows, or AI generated images can never replace real human interaction. If you think they can, you need to go out and touch some real grass, because only someone really socially inexperienced would think so. Once you leave your little anti social cave and pull a real woman for once you’ll understand.
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