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Animal Trainers vs Athletic Trainers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Animal Trainers and Athletic Trainers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Animal Trainers Athletic Trainers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$38,750
$60,250
Employment · BLS OEWS
20,110
28,950
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
14th pct
34th pct

At a glance

Dimension Animal Trainers Athletic Trainers
Median pay $38,750 $60,250
Employment 20,110 28,950
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+5.1%) Growing fast (+11.1%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 7,100 2,400
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 14th pct Moderate · 34th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 14th pct · 14% of tasks 45th pct · 25% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (56.4%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Instructing, Problem Sensitivity, Oral Expression, Education and Training, Speaking, Learning Strategies, Critical Thinking, Oral Comprehension, Active Learning, Information Ordering, Speech Clarity, Psychology, Active Listening, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Administration and Management, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Deductive Reasoning, Speech Recognition, English Language, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Service Orientation, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Inductive Reasoning, Multilimb Coordination, Near Vision, Reading Comprehension.

Specific to Animal Trainers

  • Category Flexibility
  • Selective Attention
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Trunk Strength
  • Stamina
  • Gross Body Coordination
  • Far Vision

Specific to Athletic Trainers

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Therapy and Counseling
  • Writing
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Administrative
  • Biology
  • Flexibility of Closure

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Medical software , Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software , Calendar and scheduling software .

Specific to Animal Trainers

Specific to Athletic Trainers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Animal Trainers or Athletic Trainers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Animal Trainers vs Athletic Trainers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/animal-trainers-vs-athletic-trainers

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Animal Trainers vs Athletic Trainers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/animal-trainers-vs-athletic-trainers

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