Athletic Trainers
Evaluate and treat musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses. Provide preventive, therapeutic, emergency, and rehabilitative care.
30,500 people do this job in the US. $62,520 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 14%
- 40%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 22%. Today's estimate: 28%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 23 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan or implement comprehensive athletic injury or illness prevention programs.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 16% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 1 work day | 30%Half by Dec 2026 | |
| Develop training programs or routines designed to improve athletic performance.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 14% | 2.1 h50 min to 4.2 h | 72%Half by now | |
| Care for athletic injuries, using physical therapy equipment, techniques, or medication.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 14% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform general administrative tasks, such as keeping records or writing reports.Done several times a day by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | 98%Half by now | |
| Conduct an initial assessment of an athlete's injury or illness to provide emergency or continued care and to determine whether they should be referred to physicians for definitive diagnosis and treatment.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 8% | 33 min17 min to 1.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Teach sports medicine courses to athletic training students.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 7% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Travel with athletic teams to be available at sporting events.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 5 h2.5 h to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Instruct coaches, athletes, parents, medical personnel, or community members in the care and prevention of athletic injuries.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Conduct research or provide instruction on subject matter related to athletic training or sports medicine.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h50 min to 1 work day | 28%Half by Feb 2027 | |
| Assess and report the progress of recovering athletes to coaches or physicians.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Clean and sanitize athletic training rooms.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Evaluate athletes' readiness to play and provide participation clearances when necessary and warranted.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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