AI Career Radar

Athletic Trainers

Evaluate and treat musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses. Provide preventive, therapeutic, emergency, and rehabilitative care.

AI exposure39 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation29
Freedom to set tasks76
Repeating the same tasks66
$62,520Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+12.7%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (much faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
63Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
75
Speaking
63
72
Critical Thinking
63
72
Monitoring
63
72
Judgment and Decision Making
63
72
Active Learning
62
69
Complex Problem Solving
62
56
Coordination
62
53
Reading Comprehension
61
69
Time Management
61
56
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
69
Writing
60
63
Instructing
58
66
Learning Strategies
58
53
Systems Analysis
57
47
Service Orientation
56
66
Systems Evaluation
56
47
Persuasion
54
50
Mathematics
53
28
Negotiation
52
44
Science
52
35
Management of Personnel Resources
50
47
Operations Analysis
49
28
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
44
Troubleshooting
47
25
Technology Design
47
22
Management of Financial Resources
47
22
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Equipment Selection
47
16
Equipment Maintenance
47
6
Operations Monitoring
46
44
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
6
Operation and Control
43
25

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

87/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
8%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Complex Problem Solving, Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Operations Monitoring

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$97,870
10-yr growth
+16.6%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Operations Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Writing

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$96,590
10-yr growth
+13.9%
Skill gap
8%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Coordination

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$102,760
10-yr growth
+11.9%
Skill gap
8%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Time Management, Writing, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Athletic Trainers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.