SOC 27-2022 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Coaches and Scouts wages by metro

National median annual wage

$47,320

10th percentile
$28,790
25th percentile
$35,330
Median
$47,320
75th percentile
$64,710
90th percentile
$98,860
Mean
$60,160

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

National employment in May 2025: 248,950.

That median is 7.2% lower than the all-occupations national median of $50,980.

The metro and state figures below are the same May 2025 release. A blank wage means BLS did not publish it. See when a wage is not published.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Highest published medians

Metros with the highest published annual medians for Coaches and Scouts.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
Corvallis, OR120$37,250$81,290$728,420
Trenton-Princeton, NJ350$38,500$74,620$138,080
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ90$40,390$74,000$100,120
Albany, OR50$34,630$66,520$106,710
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN150$32,580$66,250$653,490
Champaign-Urbana, IL230$33,170$66,150$629,710
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ10,930$38,830$66,110$115,450
Arecibo, PR50$52,580$65,870$76,330
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA280$37,600$65,750$137,570
Salisbury, MD100$41,330$65,610$103,970
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA240$30,070$65,270$226,650
Lake Charles, LA270$29,640$65,020$65,020
Baton Rouge, LA690$26,590$64,680$272,980
Flint, MI450$31,760$64,450$219,480
Lexington Park, MD80$37,540$63,500$110,620
Bozeman, MT160$40,520$63,020$102,710
Morgantown, WV170$31,200$62,570$277,910
Dover, DE70$31,200$61,690$125,180
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY540$33,900$61,100$104,450
Kahului-Wailuku, HI110$38,230$61,090$116,330

Where employment is largest

Metros with the most Coaches and Scouts jobs in the May 2025 tables.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ10,930$38,830$66,110$115,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA10,850$36,160$47,450$86,070
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN6,780$32,310$50,350$122,720
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA5,630$37,640$49,640$85,810
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA5,380$39,270$54,770$102,150
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH4,840$36,360$56,220$110,740
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,560$23,520$37,320$76,570
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL4,560$31,020$46,710$99,300
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,350$33,350$50,680$113,000
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,990$22,480$36,330$70,870
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD3,650$31,200$56,770$123,510
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI3,390$29,660$46,620$87,910
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA3,280$36,690$48,970$90,620
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ3,260$37,670$58,560$103,640
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI3,000$25,960$46,970$93,980
Columbus, OH2,900$29,190$48,490$84,540
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA2,890$36,290$47,230$87,660
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA2,810$29,840$49,750$83,220
Cleveland, OH2,730$28,770$48,500$82,130
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL2,560$29,520$43,600$106,360

States and territories

State estimates for Coaches and Scouts, May 2025.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
New Jersey5,670$39,720$76,700$121,960
District of Columbia630$36,400$65,360$136,000
Louisiana2,550$23,310$60,960$194,130
Vermont630$37,240$59,990$102,800
New York11,220$34,890$59,920$104,000
Hawaii760$37,040$55,860$116,120
Massachusetts6,310$35,940$55,130$109,380
Connecticut4,070$34,010$54,790$105,170
Rhode Island1,170$34,580$53,630$101,000
Arizona4,120$36,880$53,130$99,850
West Virginia910$31,040$52,050$101,530
New Hampshire870$31,540$51,490$102,550
Nevada2,390$25,410$51,020$105,920
Maryland3,960$32,820$50,590$110,620
New Mexico590$32,660$49,980$111,220
Wyoming470$26,900$49,420$108,220
Iowa3,410$19,010$49,350$97,980
Illinois8,840$31,200$49,120$122,720
Oregon3,930$34,860$48,960$101,140
Pennsylvania8,170$21,170$48,730$119,060
Georgia4,510$27,190$48,210$80,900
Minnesota4,680$29,480$48,050$87,910
Washington11,790$37,180$48,030$85,590
Montana990$22,530$48,020$79,000
Nebraska1,180$28,940$47,810$94,920
California31,150$35,920$47,660$92,150
Colorado4,120$31,990$47,110$86,950
Michigan7,910$25,960$47,050$101,970
Idaho1,410$28,240$46,600$98,020
Ohio13,150$28,280$46,530$81,760
Virginia6,810$25,810$46,290$84,680
Utah2,940$23,330$45,680$95,000
Delaware600$31,800$45,200$93,320
Wisconsin5,480$28,010$44,800$76,370
Indiana5,960$25,270$44,480$100,180
North Carolina8,530$25,130$43,840$87,060
Maine1,060$31,270$43,640$102,780
South Carolina3,310$17,880$42,950$103,010
Kansas3,300$15,080$42,900$82,540
Missouri4,730$28,910$42,790$79,480
Alaska350$30,150$41,170$68,840
Oklahoma2,420$19,450$41,160$105,980
Florida18,120$29,830$39,370$90,000
Arkansas2,070$25,720$38,930$78,010
Tennessee6,250$22,990$37,780$81,080
North Dakota1,180$24,330$37,100$75,210
Texas15,300$22,340$36,510$78,720
South Dakota1,290$28,270$36,360$64,280
Kentucky2,800$21,810$35,570$75,710
Puerto Rico610$21,840$32,090$65,870
Alabama3,140Not availableNot availableNot available
Mississippi1,770Not availableNot availableNot available

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Questions this page answers

What is the national median wage for Coaches and Scouts?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, the national median annual wage for Coaches and Scouts is $47,320. Employment is 248,950.

How does Coaches and Scouts pay compare with all occupations?

The national median for Coaches and Scouts is 7.2% lower than the all-occupations median of $50,980.

Which metro has the highest published median for Coaches and Scouts?

Among metros with a published annual median in the May 2025 tables, Corvallis, OR is highest on this page's list at $81,290.