State comparison · 2025
Coaches and Scouts salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Coaches and Scouts in New Jersey earn a median of $76,700. In Tennessee, $37,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 71.5% — not 103%.
Nominal pay gap
+103%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+71.5%
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%
Tennessee
Coaches and Scouts
- Median
- $37,780
- p25
- $28,980
- p75
- $58,110
- p10
- $22,990
- p90
- $81,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.