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Pay · 27-2022

Coaches and Scouts earn $47,320 a year at the midpoint

Pay in this work stretches a long way: the lowest tenth earn about $28,790, the highest tenth about $98,860, and the middle sits at $47,320.

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$47,320median a year · United States
—an hour $60,160average 248,950people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$35,33025th $47,320median $64,71075th
$28,79010th percentile $98,86090th percentile
$35,330a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$76,700best-paying state · New Jersey
$35,570lowest-paying state · Kentucky
+62%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Paid by the yearThe survey publishes no hourly figure for this occupation — it is typically salaried, often on a school or contract year.
State matters a lotThe same job pays $76,700 in New Jersey and $35,570 in Kentucky — a gap of $41,130 a year.

Coach earnings, from starting pay to the best-paid 10%

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Coach wages by state

The 36 states where the most people do this work, of 49 with a published figure: their medians range by 2.16 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
New Jersey $76,700 $39,720 $39,720 — $121,960 5,670
Louisiana $60,960 $23,310 $23,310 — $194,130 2,550
New York $59,920 $34,890 $34,890 — $104,000 11,220
Massachusetts $55,130 $35,940 $35,940 — $109,380 6,310
Connecticut $54,790 $34,010 $34,010 — $105,170 4,070
Arizona $53,130 $36,880 $36,880 — $99,850 4,120
Nevada $51,020 $25,410 $25,410 — $105,920 2,390
Maryland $50,590 $32,820 $32,820 — $110,620 3,960
Iowa $49,350 $19,010 $19,010 — $97,980 3,410
Illinois $49,120 $31,200 $31,200 — $122,720 8,840
Oregon $48,960 $34,860 $34,860 — $101,140 3,930
Pennsylvania $48,730 $21,170 $21,170 — $119,060 8,170
Georgia $48,210 $27,190 $27,190 — $80,900 4,510
Minnesota $48,050 $29,480 $29,480 — $87,910 4,680
Washington $48,030 $37,180 $37,180 — $85,590 11,790
Nebraska $47,810 $28,940 $28,940 — $94,920 1,180
California $47,660 $35,920 $35,920 — $92,150 31,150
Colorado $47,110 $31,990 $31,990 — $86,950 4,120
Michigan $47,050 $25,960 $25,960 — $101,970 7,910
Idaho $46,600 $28,240 $28,240 — $98,020 1,410
Ohio $46,530 $28,280 $28,280 — $81,760 13,150
Virginia $46,290 $25,810 $25,810 — $84,680 6,810
Utah $45,680 $23,330 $23,330 — $95,000 2,940
Wisconsin $44,800 $28,010 $28,010 — $76,370 5,480
Indiana $44,480 $25,270 $25,270 — $100,180 5,960
North Carolina $43,840 $25,130 $25,130 — $87,060 8,530
South Carolina $42,950 $17,880 $17,880 — $103,010 3,310
Kansas $42,900 $15,080 $15,080 — $82,540 3,300
Missouri $42,790 $28,910 $28,910 — $79,480 4,730
Oklahoma $41,160 $19,450 $19,450 — $105,980 2,420
Florida $39,370 $29,830 $29,830 — $90,000 18,120
Arkansas $38,930 $25,720 $25,720 — $78,010 2,070
Tennessee $37,780 $22,990 $22,990 — $81,080 6,250
Texas $36,510 $22,340 $22,340 — $78,720 15,300
South Dakota $36,360 $28,270 $28,270 — $64,280 1,290
Kentucky $35,570 $21,810 $21,810 — $75,710 2,800

No estimate is published for 2 states: the survey withholds a figure when too few employers report it. Nothing has been filled in for them.

Related work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Coaches and Scouts$47,320
Producers and Directors$90,360+$43,040 Choreographers$55,310+$7,990

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  • Planned, organized, and conducted practice sessions.
  • Provided training direction, encouragement, motivation, and nutritional advice to prepare athletes for games, competitive events, or tours.
  • Adjusted coaching techniques, based on the strengths and weaknesses of athletes.

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Ranked 584 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 26% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 582 Veterinary technologists and technicians $47,380
  2. 583 Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys $47,340
  3. 584 Coaches and Scouts $47,320
  4. 585 Opticians, Dispensing $47,260
  5. 586 Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $47,180

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Questions people often ask

What is a coach’s yearly income?

A coach makes a median of $47,320 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $35,330 and $64,710.

What is the starting pay for a coach?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $35,330 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $28,790.

Which state pays coaches and scouts the most?

New Jersey, with a median of $76,700 a year.

How many people work as coaches and scouts?

About 248,950 in the United States — number 584 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $130 of what coaches and scouts earn — $47,320 a year — but not always the same spread.

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