Coaches and Scouts salary

SOC 27-2022 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$47,320

per year, nationally

Middle half

$35,330–$64,710

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

248,950

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+6.4%

41,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$28,790$98,860

10th: $28,790
25th: $35,330
Median: $47,320
75th: $64,710
90th: $98,860

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where coaches and scouts earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New Jersey	$76,700	108.8	5,670	0.83×
2	District of Columbia	$65,360	109.9	630	0.56×
3	Louisiana	$60,960	88.2	2,550	0.82×
4	Vermont	$59,990	98.0	630	1.29×
5	New York	$59,920	107.9	11,220	0.72×
6	Hawaii	$55,860	110.0	760	0.76×
7	Massachusetts	$55,130	105.8	6,310	1.08×
8	Connecticut	$54,790	103.6	4,070	1.50×
9	Rhode Island	$53,630	102.3	1,170	1.46×
10	Arizona	$53,130	100.7	4,120	0.79×
11	West Virginia	$52,050	89.5	910	0.81×
12	New Hampshire	$51,490	104.2	870	0.79×
13	Nevada	$51,020	100.0	2,390	0.96×
14	Maryland	$50,590	105.0	3,960	0.90×
15	New Mexico	$49,980	92.2	590	0.42×
16	Wyoming	$49,420	92.7	470	1.05×
17	Iowa	$49,350	87.8	3,410	1.37×
18	Illinois	$49,120	100.0	8,840	0.91×
19	Oregon	$48,960	103.4	3,930	1.25×
20	Pennsylvania	$48,730	97.6	8,170	0.84×
21	Georgia	$48,210	96.3	4,510	0.58×
22	Minnesota	$48,050	98.6	4,680	0.99×
23	Washington	$48,030	107.0	11,790	2.07×
24	Montana	$48,020	94.6	990	1.21×
25	Nebraska	$47,810	90.1	1,180	0.72×
26	California	$47,660	110.7	31,150	1.07×
27	Colorado	$47,110	103.1	4,120	0.90×
28	Michigan	$47,050	96.2	7,910	1.12×
29	Idaho	$46,600	95.5	1,410	1.02×
30	Ohio	$46,530	92.8	13,150	1.48×
31	Virginia	$46,290	101.1	6,810	1.03×
32	Utah	$45,680	98.9	2,940	1.06×
33	Delaware	$45,200	99.8	600	0.77×
34	Wisconsin	$44,800	94.1	5,480	1.16×
35	Indiana	$44,480	93.3	5,960	1.16×
36	North Carolina	$43,840	94.3	8,530	1.08×
37	Maine	$43,640	97.0	1,060	1.03×
38	South Carolina	$42,950	93.7	3,310	0.90×
39	Kansas	$42,900	90.1	3,300	1.44×
40	Missouri	$42,790	90.8	4,730	1.01×
41	Alaska	$41,170	102.4	350	0.68×
42	Oklahoma	$41,160	87.8	2,420	0.88×
43	Florida	$39,370	103.4	18,120	1.14×
44	Arkansas	$38,930	86.9	2,070	0.99×
45	Tennessee	$37,780	91.9	6,250	1.19×
46	North Dakota	$37,100	89.0	1,180	1.72×
47	Texas	$36,510	97.1	15,300	0.68×
48	South Dakota	$36,360	88.6	1,290	1.76×
49	Kentucky	$35,570	90.2	2,800	0.87×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where coaches and scouts wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for coaches and scouts

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Corvallis, OR	$81,290	104.0	120	1.98×
2	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$74,620	103.2	350	0.92×
3	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$74,000	98.9	90	0.33×
4	Albany, OR	$66,520	102.1	50	0.64×
5	Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	$66,250	93.4	150	0.90×
6	Champaign-Urbana, IL	$66,150	92.7	230	1.34×
7	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$66,110	112.6	10,930	0.72×
8	Arecibo, PR	$65,870	—	50	0.93×
9	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$65,750	100.2	280	2.69×
10	Salisbury, MD	$65,610	95.6	100	1.21×
11	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	$65,270	92.7	240	2.04×
12	Lake Charles, LA	$65,020	85.9	270	1.64×
13	Baton Rouge, LA	$64,680	90.8	690	1.05×
14	Flint, MI	$64,450	93.0	450	2.07×
15	Lexington Park, MD	$63,500	100.8	80	0.73×
16	Bozeman, MT	$63,020	102.5	160	1.39×
17	Morgantown, WV	$62,570	93.3	170	1.62×
18	Dover, DE	$61,690	97.5	70	0.63×
19	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$61,100	109.4	540	1.26×
20	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$61,090	109.4	110	0.91×
21	Syracuse, NY	$60,600	95.7	470	0.99×
22	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$60,470	106.9	1,320	2.04×
23	Binghamton, NY	$60,240	92.9	120	0.75×
24	Wheeling, WV-OH	$60,180	88.3	70	0.77×
25	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$60,030	92.6	690	0.97×
26	Ann Arbor, MI	$59,890	100.9	410	1.16×
27	Lafayette, LA	$59,850	87.2	200	0.69×
28	Muncie, IN	$59,640	88.1	80	1.09×
29	Auburn-Opelika, AL	$59,550	87.9	300	2.59×
30	Rochester, MN	$59,000	90.8	220	1.12×
31	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$58,560	103.3	3,260	0.86×
32	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$58,360	93.3	670	0.96×
33	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$57,620	99.6	680	0.95×
34	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$57,600	100.9	290	1.51×
35	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$57,250	110.4	2,130	1.17×
36	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$56,770	102.6	3,650	0.79×
37	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$56,220	108.3	4,840	1.12×
38	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$55,820	102.7	1,110	1.15×
39	Lincoln, NE	$55,240	91.6	280	0.96×
40	Salinas, CA	$54,940	109.0	210	0.69×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where coaches and scouts wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Producers and Directors$90,360
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials$40,710
Athletes and Sports Competitors$66,710
Music Directors and Composers$73,710
Choreographers$55,310