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Coaches and Scouts Salary in IL

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Coaches and Scouts in IL have a median annual salary of $49,120, with 8,840 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $31,200 at the 10th percentile to $122,720 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$49,120

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

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Employment

8,840

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$31,200
10th
$35,210
25th
$49,120
Median
$82,750
75th
$122,720
90th

Local compared with national

IL

$49,120

Median annual · 2025

United States

$47,320

Median annual · 2025

The IL median is 3.8% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $1,800).

Top skills

  1. 1.InstructingImportance 4.8
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 4.4
  3. 3.Learning StrategiesImportance 4.1
  4. 4.MonitoringImportance 4.1
  5. 5.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.0
  6. 6.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  7. 7.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.0
  8. 8.Social PerceptivenessImportance 4.0
  9. 9.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 4.0
  10. 10.Active LearningImportance 3.9
  11. 11.CoordinationImportance 3.9
  12. 12.PersuasionImportance 3.9

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
4

Technology used

  • Bloomz
  • C++
  • Edmodo
  • Edpuzzle
  • Edulastic
  • Evernote
  • Facebook
  • Flipgrid
  • Google Classroom
  • Google Docs
  • Google Drive
  • Google Meet
  • Graphics creation software
  • GroupMe
  • Microsoft Excel

Common tasks

  • Plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions.
  • Provide training direction, encouragement, motivation, and nutritional advice to prepare athletes for games, competitive events, or tours.
  • Adjust coaching techniques, based on the strengths and weaknesses of athletes.
  • Keep and review paper, computerized, and video records of athlete, team, and opposing team performance.
  • Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results.
  • Plan strategies and choose team members for individual games or sports seasons.
  • Monitor the academic eligibility of student athletes.
  • Counsel student athletes on academic, athletic, and personal issues.
  • Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of opposing teams to develop game strategies.
  • Coordinate travel arrangements and travel with team to away contests.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Coaches and Scouts salary in other locations

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