Highest-paying Cities for Coaches and Scouts

The top 100 highest paying cities for coaches and scouts (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of coaches and scouts in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $80,210, North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for coaches and scouts. It is followed by Auburn-Opelika, Alabama (average annual salary $67,130). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of coaches and scouts in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Coaches and Scouts

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$80,210	$19,520	150
2	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$67,130	$21,440	190
3	Amarillo, Texas	$66,260	$22,000	150
4	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$62,820	$35,440	2,880
5	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$62,660	$18,730	140
6	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$62,560	$27,970	210
7	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$62,200	$28,190	390
8	Macon, Georgia	$60,810	$26,350	120
9	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$60,700	$20,420	350
10	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$60,480	$32,890	90
11	Lubbock, Texas	$59,960	$23,370	250
12	Port St Lucie, Florida	$59,770	$29,840	190
13	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$59,390	$30,720	60
14	Morgantown, West Virginia	$58,730	$36,430	140
15	Grants Pass, Oregon	$58,040	$29,620	60
16	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$57,180	$32,980	12,320
17	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$56,680	$36,260	2,250
18	Ithaca, New York	$56,340	$23,100	160
19	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$56,250	$34,320	4,740
20	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$56,190	$22,390	40
21	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$56,030	$17,790	60
22	New Haven, Connecticut	$55,660	$31,490	580
23	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$55,080	$24,760	360
24	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$55,050	$23,440	2,160
25	Charlottesville, Virginia	$54,910	$28,410	250
26	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$54,770	$30,530	110
27	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$54,580	$31,100	50
28	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$54,570	$25,520	190
29	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$54,430	$28,000	80
30	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$54,330	$28,030	90
31	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$54,300	$24,960	80
32	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$54,000	$30,560	190
33	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$53,780	$37,250	60
34	Grand Junction, Colorado	$53,290	$33,810	60
35	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$53,290	$33,340	90
36	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$53,280	$31,360	570
37	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$53,200	$32,460	50
38	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$52,950	$29,670	90
39	Camden, New Jersey	$52,940	$26,380	850
40	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$52,810	$27,510	290
41	Odessa, Texas	$52,800	$23,650	50
42	Ocean City, New Jersey	$52,630	$33,990	60
43	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$52,530	$31,740	620
44	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$52,520	$22,970	170
45	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$52,470	$29,120	60
46	Cumberland, West Virginia	$52,190	$26,440	50
47	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$52,160	$31,630	740
48	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$52,000	$32,570	190
49	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$51,900	$29,490	360
50	Glens Falls, New York	$51,730	$29,370	50
51	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$51,630	$29,920	170
52	Owensboro, Kentucky	$51,390	$21,060	40
53	Lincoln, Nebraska	$51,090	$23,210	250
54	Gainesville, Georgia	$50,970	$23,710	110
55	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$50,930	$30,880	240
56	Lawrence, Kansas	$50,910	$22,460	210
57	Lafayette, Louisiana	$50,890	$23,820	240
58	Binghamton, New York	$50,680	$33,090	150
59	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$50,610	$30,480	130
60	Beckley, West Virginia	$50,520	$20,130	40
61	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$50,440	$31,450	40
62	Greenville, North Carolina	$50,430	$29,520	140
63	Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$50,370	$23,120	60
64	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$50,370	$19,670	450
65	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$50,110	$27,280	1,390
66	Homosassa Springs, Florida	$50,070	$31,340	120
67	Pueblo, Colorado	$49,940	$31,380	60
68	San Angelo, Texas	$49,930	$24,930	60
69	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$49,930	$20,150	280
70	Waco, Texas	$49,930	$21,590	190
71	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$49,840	$17,480	30
72	Longview, Washington	$49,770	$34,880	140
73	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$49,770	$24,830	380
74	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$49,730	$26,850	290
75	Syracuse, New York	$49,680	$29,620	530
76	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$49,670	$18,950	160
77	Pocatello, Idaho	$49,650	$26,840	110
78	Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$49,560	$21,670	150
79	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$49,490	$25,550	340
80	Prescott, Arizona	$49,380	$31,200	70
81	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$49,370	$32,400	100
82	Boulder, Colorado	$49,330	$30,740	370
83	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$49,210	$24,960	80
84	Gainesville, Florida	$49,000	$25,390	390
85	Jacksonville, Florida	$48,950	$28,450	1,260
86	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$48,830	$34,990	3,880
87	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$48,810	$21,630	160
88	Jackson, Mississippi	$48,780	$21,350	350
89	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$48,770	$23,970	30
90	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$48,720	$31,420	110
91	Utica-Rome, New York	$48,700	$30,900	230
92	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$48,690	$23,240	130
93	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$48,680	$29,300	890
94	Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$48,570	$19,680	50
95	Modesto, California	$48,530	$31,960	250
96	Flagstaff, Arizona	$48,520	$31,240	70
97	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,480	$23,890	230
98	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$48,450	$23,700	240
99	Tucson, Arizona	$48,430	$28,970	250
100	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$48,360	$32,380	190

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