State comparison · 2025
Coaches and Scouts salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Coaches and Scouts in New Jersey earn a median of $76,700. In Kentucky, $35,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.1% — not 53.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.6%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-44.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Coaches and Scouts
- Median
- $35,570
- p25
- $28,640
- p75
- $50,820
- p10
- $21,810
- p90
- $75,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.