FEATURED JOBS

109 new athletic trainer jobs this week. Where colleges and professional sports carried the list last week, secondary schools and independent schools played the major role this week — and they brought some of the wider salary bands of the year with them. Some of the highlights we see this week definitely warrant a cost-of-living examination. A $147,626 ceiling from a Maryland school district. A Princeton, NJ independent school topping out at $102,682. Brooklyn private school

That’s the headline. Keck Medicine of USC posted a Senior Director of Athletic Medicine Operations role for the USC athletic program with a salary range of $145,600 to $240,240 — the highest ceiling this board has seen in 14 editions. It edges out the previous high (Sutter Health at $229,174 in week four). The floor is actually lower, and Los Angeles is a tougher cost-of-living market than Sacramento, so it’s not a clean sweep — but at this level, the ceiling is what matters