State comparison · 2025
Coaches and Scouts salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Coaches and Scouts in New Jersey earn a median of $76,700. In Illinois, $49,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.3% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
-36%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-30.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Coaches and Scouts
- Median
- $49,120
- p25
- $35,210
- p75
- $82,750
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $122,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
New Jersey
Coaches and Scouts
- Median
- $76,700
- p25
- $49,690
- p75
- $98,710
- p10
- $39,720
- p90
- $121,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.