State comparison · 2025
Coaches and Scouts salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Coaches and Scouts in New Jersey earn a median of $76,700. In Iowa, $49,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.3% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.7%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-20.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.