State comparison · 2025
Coaches and Scouts salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
Coaches and Scouts in New Jersey earn a median of $76,700. In South Dakota, $36,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 71.8% — not 110.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+110.9%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+71.8%
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 Dakota
Coaches and Scouts
- Median
- $36,360
- p25
- $30,260
- p75
- $47,990
- p10
- $28,270
- p90
- $64,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.