State comparison · 2025
Coaches and Scouts salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Coaches and Scouts in New Jersey earn a median of $76,700. In West Virginia, $52,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 47.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.4%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+21.2%
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%
West Virginia
Coaches and Scouts
- Median
- $52,050
- p25
- $39,730
- p75
- $69,370
- p10
- $31,040
- p90
- $101,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.