State comparison · 2025
Coaches and Scouts salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Coaches and Scouts in New Jersey earn a median of $76,700. In South Carolina, $42,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.8% — not 78.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+78.6%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+53.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
South Carolina
Coaches and Scouts
- Median
- $42,950
- p25
- $20,800
- p75
- $63,780
- p10
- $17,880
- p90
- $103,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.