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Coaches and Scouts vs Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Coaches and Scouts and Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Coaches and Scouts Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$45,920
$38,820
Employment · BLS OEWS
250,940
15,080
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
58th pct
25th pct

At a glance

Dimension Coaches and Scouts Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials
Median pay $45,920 $38,820
Employment 250,940 15,080
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+6.4%) About average (+5.7%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 41,800 4,600
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 58th pct Low · 25th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 71st pct · 37% of tasks 71st pct · 37% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (55.2%) Augmentation-leaning (61.4%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Instructing, Oral Expression, Speaking, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Oral Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Judgment and Decision Making, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Active Learning, Coordination, Persuasion, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Information Ordering, Education and Training, Written Comprehension, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, English Language, Writing, Negotiation, Near Vision, Administration and Management, Written Expression.

Specific to Coaches and Scouts

  • Systems Analysis
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Originality
  • Service Orientation
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Psychology
  • Customer and Personal Service

Specific to Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

  • Far Vision
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Selective Attention
  • Time Sharing
  • Memorization
  • Speed of Closure
  • Trunk Strength

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Word processing software , Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Video creation and editing software , Data base user interface and query software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Coaches and Scouts

Specific to Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Coaches and Scouts or Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Coaches and Scouts vs Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/coaches-and-scouts-vs-umpires-referees-and-other-sports-officials

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Coaches and Scouts vs Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/coaches-and-scouts-vs-umpires-referees-and-other-sports-officials

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Coaches and Scouts vs Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials},
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