Coaches and Scouts

Coaches and Scouts professionals earn a national median of $47,320 per year according to BLS OEWS May 2025 data, positioned in the Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations occupational family under SOC code 27-2022. Approximately 248,950 Americans are currently employed in this role nationwide. The full percentile range stretches from $28,790 at the 10th percentile to $98,860 at the 90th. The distribution combines differences in experience, specialization, employer type, industry, schedule, and geography; OEWS does not isolate any one factor's effect.

BLS Employment Projections expect the occupation to change by +6% between 2024 and 2034 - faster than average growth relative to the all-occupations baseline of 3.1%. That translates to roughly 41,800 annual openings from new positions, retirements, and turnover combined. Typical entry-level preparation is Bachelor's degree. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.

Geographic wage variation is substantial: New Jersey currently leads all states at $76,700 for this occupation, while lower-cost regions pay correspondingly less. These gaps typically reflect cost-of-living differences, industry concentration (for example, finance hubs or tech clusters), and the relative supply of qualified workers in each labor market. Before treating this median as a personal benchmark, compare it against percentile position in your own metro, factor in employer-provided benefits that BLS wage surveys exclude, and remember that career-card data captures the occupation as it existed on the May 2025 reference date, not where it will be when you negotiate your next offer.