How much do Coaches and Scouts make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

Percentile spread

For Coaches and Scouts, the published 10th percentile is $25,960 and the 90th percentile is $184,390. The difference is $158,430, which is 309.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $31,340 to the 75th at $86,520, covers $55,180.

The mean annual wage is $127,670, which sits above the median of $51,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 8.3% higher than the national median of $47,320 for Coaches and Scouts. In 2024 national prices the local median is $53,974, which is 14.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9% higher than the Michigan median of $47,050.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 94.991, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Coaches and Scouts at $53,974 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

31 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Coaches and Scouts. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 5th of 32 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Jackson, MI is 33 miles away, with a median of $48,430 and employment of 130. That median is 5.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,768, against $53,974 here.
• Battle Creek, MI is 39 miles away, with a median of $46,350 and employment of 130. That median is 9.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,192, against $53,974 here.
• Flint, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $64,450 and employment of 450. That median is 25.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,276, against $53,974 here.

Employment share

Coaches and Scouts accounts for 0.13% of wage-and-salary employment in Lansing-East Lansing, MI (280 of 217,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.16% of employment (248,950 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.81 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.