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What coaches make

Median

$47,320

Bottom tenth

$28,790

Top tenth

$98,860

The national median is $47,320 a year. The bottom tenth earn $28,790 or less and the top tenth $98,860 or more (2025 federal wage survey). Read that median carefully: the survey covers Coaches and Scouts together and publishes only yearly pay for them, not an hourly rate, and many coaching jobs are seasonal.