Skip to content
Singulariki

Athletic Trainers vs Coaches and Scouts

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Athletic Trainers and Coaches and Scouts 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.”

Athletic Trainers Coaches and Scouts
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$60,250
$45,920
Employment · BLS OEWS
28,950
250,940
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
34th pct
58th pct

At a glance

Dimension Athletic Trainers Coaches and Scouts
Median pay $60,250 $45,920
Employment 28,950 250,940
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Growing fast (+11.1%) About average (+6.4%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,400 41,800
Typical education · O*NET 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). Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 34th pct Moderate · 58th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 45th pct · 25% of tasks 71st pct · 37% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (56.4%) Augmentation-leaning (55.2%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes 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, Psychology, Problem Sensitivity, Active Listening, Oral Expression, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Written Comprehension, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Social Perceptiveness, Written Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, English Language, Education and Training, Instructing, Service Orientation, Oral Comprehension, Writing, Near Vision, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Learning Strategies, Coordination, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Administration and Management.

Specific to Athletic Trainers

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

Specific to Coaches and Scouts

  • Persuasion
  • Systems Analysis
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Category Flexibility
  • Negotiation
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Visualization

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

Specific to Athletic Trainers

Specific to Coaches and Scouts

Full profiles

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

More comparisons

Related occupations you can place side by side on the same sourced scale.

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.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Athletic Trainers vs Coaches and Scouts." 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/athletic-trainers-vs-coaches-and-scouts

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-athletic-trainers-vs-coaches-and-scouts,
  title  = {Athletic Trainers vs Coaches and Scouts},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/athletic-trainers-vs-coaches-and-scouts}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.