text: Sports Trainer: Career and Education in Tempe, Arizona	CareerOverview.com
  Career and Education Opportunities for Sports Trainers in Tempe, Arizona
  Many educational and employment opportunities exist for sports trainers in the Tempe, Arizona area. There are currently 190 working sports trainers in Arizona; this should grow 24% to 240 working sports trainers in the state by 2016. This is not quite as good as the nation as a whole, where employment opportunities for sports trainers are expected to grow by about 37.0%. Sports trainers generally evaluate, advise, and treat athletes to assist recovery from injury, avoid injury, or maintain peak physical fitness.
  The average wage in the general category of Athletic and Occupational jobs is $46 per hour or $86,725 per year in Arizona, and an average of $44 per hour or $84,458 per year nationwide. Compared with people working in the overall category of Athletic and Occupational, people working as sports trainers in Arizona earn less. They earn less than people working in the overall category of Athletic and Occupational nationally. Jobs in this field include: sports medicine trainer, fitness specialist, and athletic trainer.
  The Tempe area is home to seventy-six schools of higher education, including two within twenty-five miles of Tempe where you can get a degree as a sports trainer. Sports trainers usually hold a Bachelor's degree, so it will take about four years to learn to be a sports trainer if you already have a high school diploma.
  Website: Athletic Training, Board of LOCATION INFORMATION: Tempe, Arizona Tempe, Arizona photo by File Upload Bot