State comparison · 2025
Coaches and Scouts salary: District of Columbia vs Iowa
Coaches and Scouts in District of Columbia earn a median of $65,360. In Iowa, $49,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.8% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.4%
District of Columbia vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+5.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Coaches and Scouts
- Median
- $65,360
- p25
- $42,960
- p75
- $106,340
- p10
- $36,400
- p90
- $136,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
Iowa
Coaches and Scouts
- Median
- $49,350
- p25
- $32,250
- p75
- $63,760
- p10
- $19,010
- p90
- $97,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.