What Coaches and Scouts earn in Grundy County, IL
If you are weighing a move or a job offer, start with $50,350: the median annual pay for Coaches and Scouts in Grundy County, IL. Spread over a standard 2,080-hour work year, that is $24.21 an hour. Because the wage survey covers the whole Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area, the number reflects employers across the region rather than a single town or a single company.
The mean wage is $70,020, which is 39.1% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 6,780 people working in this occupation across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Grundy County, IL has roughly 53,219 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Coaches and Scouts in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $32,310 a year ($15.53 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $122,720 or more ($59.00 an hour). That is a gap of $90,410 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $36,230 at the 25th percentile and $88,560 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 3.8 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Converted to an hourly wage, the median for Coaches and Scouts in Grundy County, IL is $24.21. A full-time schedule of 40 hours for 52 weeks adds up to $50,350, and the same salary is $4,196 a month before taxes or about $1,937 per biweekly pay period. After taxes the same job pays $19.34 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Coaches and Scouts
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Coaches and Scouts this way: "Instruct or coach groups or individuals in the fundamentals of sports for the primary purpose of competition. Demonstrate techniques and methods of participation. May evaluate athletes' strengths and weaknesses as possible recruits or to improve the athletes' technique to prepare them for competition. Those required to hold teaching certifications should be reported in the appropriate teaching category."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions"; "Plan strategies and choose team members for individual games or sports seasons"; "Adjust coaching techniques, based on the strengths and weaknesses of athletes"; "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".
Job outlook for Coaches and Scouts
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 298,800 jobs in 2025 to 316,900 in 2035, a change of +6.1%, faster than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 36,400 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 12.2% of current employment each year. About 8.3% of the people in this occupation are self-employed, and wage figures cover wage and salary workers only.
Typical entry-level education: bachelor's degree. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $47,320 for this occupation; the Grundy County, IL median of $50,350 is 6.4% above it.
How pay in Grundy County, IL compares
Compared with the Illinois average
Grundy County, IL pays above the state benchmark. The Illinois employment-weighted average for Coaches and Scouts is $46,888; the local median of $50,350 beats it by $3,462, or 7.4%. Within Illinois, Grundy County, IL already has the highest median we track for this job.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Coaches and Scouts is $47,468 across the contiguous United States. At $50,350, Grundy County, IL pays $2,882 more, which is 6.1% above that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Grundy County, IL
Among the 618 occupations with published wages in Grundy County, IL, Coaches and Scouts ranks number 423 by median pay, ahead of about 32% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $173,760 a year, which is $123,410 more than the median for Coaches and Scouts.
From gross pay to take-home pay
A salary of $50,350 does not arrive in full. We model a single filer with wage income only, the standard deduction and tax-year 2025 rules, and we keep the three tax layers apart: federal income tax, FICA (Social Security and Medicare) and state income tax. Together they take $10,117 a year, which leaves $40,233, or $3,353 a month.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $20 goes to taxes and $80 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 20.1%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $34,600. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 12% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $3,914, an effective 7.8% of gross pay, well below the 12% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $3,122 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $730. FICA totals $3,852, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Illinois
Illinois income tax on this salary is $2,351 a year, or 4.7% of gross pay, after the state's own deductions and exemptions are applied. That is 60% of the federal income tax bill, and it comes out to $196 a month. Local taxes such as county or city income taxes are not included, so a few jurisdictions may withhold slightly more.
A cross-check with IRS data for Grundy County, IL
IRS Statistics of Income data for Grundy County, IL show an average adjusted gross income of $86,171 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 11.7% across all filers. Filers in the $50,000 to under $75,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 7.1%, compared with the 7.8% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Grundy County, IL
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Grundy County, IL: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $40,233 of take-home pay.
Rent
The HUD Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Grundy County, IL is $1,233 a month, or $14,796 a year. A two-bedroom costs $1,613 a month. For Coaches and Scouts, a one-bedroom absorbs 36.8% of take-home pay and 29.4% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 6.8% of gross pay for Coaches and Scouts in Grundy County, IL. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Illinois residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,677 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $434, for $2,110 in total. Gasoline in Illinois averages $3.18 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,471.
What is left over
Add the four basics together and living costs come to $21,813 a year, 54% of take-home pay. That leaves $18,421 a year, or $1,535 a month, for savings, transportation beyond fuel, health care, debt and everything else. That margin equals 36.6% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Grundy County, IL
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Grundy County, IL: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Grundy County, IL, set beside the Illinois and national medians.
Property taxes in Grundy County, IL
Homeowners in Grundy County, IL pay a median of $5,420 a year in real estate taxes, 2% above the Illinois median of $5,298 and 74% above the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $271,700, the median tax bill is 1.99% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Coaches and Scouts median of $50,350, a tax bill of that size would equal 10.8% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Grundy County, IL
Renters in Grundy County, IL pay a median gross rent of $1,177 a month in the Census survey, 8% below the Illinois median of $1,274. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $1,233 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $271,700, 3% above the Illinois median of $263,300. Median household income is $92,235, 11% above the Illinois median of $83,390, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 16.0% of that income.
Commuting in Grundy County, IL
Workers in Grundy County, IL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 26.8 minutes each way, 4% below the Illinois average of 27.8. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 4.5 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 10.0% of workers in Grundy County, IL work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Coaches and Scouts afford to live in Grundy County, IL?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $50,350 that ceiling is $1,259 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $1,233 is $26 under it, so rent fits the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $23.71 an hour; the median for Coaches and Scouts is $24.21, which is 2% above that mark. Another way to see it: at $19.34 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 14.7 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,613 a month means $807 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $5,118 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $23,539.
How fast you can save
At $1,535 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 7 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 14 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Coaches and Scouts pay in Grundy County, IL
What is the hourly wage for Coaches and Scouts in Grundy County, IL?
The median is $24.21 per hour, based on $50,350 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $15.53 at the 10th percentile to $59.00 at the 90th percentile.
What is the take-home pay for Coaches and Scouts in Grundy County, IL?
After federal income tax, FICA and state income tax, the median salary of $50,350 becomes $40,233 a year. That is $3,353 a month, $1,547 every two weeks or $774 a week.
What percentage of pay goes to taxes for Coaches and Scouts in Grundy County, IL?
Total taxes are $10,117 a year, an effective rate of 20.1%: $3,914 federal income tax, $3,852 FICA and $2,351 Illinois income tax.
Is pay for Coaches and Scouts in Grundy County, IL above the Illinois average?
Yes. The local median of $50,350 is +7.4% versus the Illinois average of $46,888, a difference of $3,462 a year.
Is a one-bedroom rent affordable on the median Coaches and Scouts salary in Grundy County, IL?
A one-bedroom costs $1,233 a month against take-home pay of $3,353, which is 36.8% of take-home pay. That meets the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $1,259 a month.
How much is left after rent, food and energy for Coaches and Scouts in Grundy County, IL?
About $1,535 a month ($18,421 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $21,813 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Grundy County, IL at the 30% guideline?
$23.71 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $14,796 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Coaches and Scouts is $24.21.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Illinois rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.