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# Instructional Coordinator

**Category:** Educational Instruction and Library · **SOC code:** 25-9031 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 25-9031.00

Develop instructional material, coordinate educational content, and incorporate current technology into instruction in order to provide guidelines to educators and instructors for developing curricula and conducting courses. May train and coach teachers. Includes educational consultants and specialists, and instructional material directors.

Also advertised as: Curriculum and Instruction Director; Curriculum Coordinator; Curriculum Director; Curriculum Specialist; Education Specialist; Instructional Designer; Instructional Systems Specialist; Instructional Technologist.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $77,440 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $37.23/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $47,980 to $121,670, with the middle half between $60,780 and $98,820
- **Total US employment:** 227,760
- **Typical entry education:** Master's
- **Preparation required:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +1.3% over 2024–2034 (BLS EP, 2024–2034)
- **Annual job openings:** 21,900 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 37/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 227,760 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $47,980 |
| 25th | $60,780 |
| 50th (median) | $77,440 |
| 75th | $98,820 |
| 90th | $121,670 |
| Mean (average) | $80,920 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DC | $105,990 | $96,441 | 1,220 |
| MD | $102,220 | $97,390 | 4,350 |
| WA | $97,250 | $90,877 | 4,720 |
| CA | $97,010 | $87,617 | 20,950 |
| CT | $96,170 | $92,819 | 1,780 |
| NJ | $96,090 | $88,314 | 3,770 |
| HI | $96,080 | $87,384 | 1,130 |
| MA | $95,320 | $90,131 | 6,170 |
| OR | $84,620 | $81,868 | 2,940 |
| VA | $83,230 | $82,321 | 5,830 |
| WI | $83,000 | $88,209 | 2,130 |
| CO | $82,160 | $79,727 | 3,400 |
| NH | $81,210 | $77,963 | 510 |
| GA | $81,060 | $84,181 | 7,830 |
| NM | $80,870 | $87,700 | 510 |

39 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 54 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/instructional-coordinator/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/instructional-coordinator.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 232,600 in the 2024–2034 base year to 235,500 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 2,900 jobs, or +1.3%. Slower than average: 1.3% against 3.1% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 21,900 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2024–2034.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Master's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** 5 years or more.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Master's Degree | 59.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 24.8% |
| Post-Master's Certificate | 10.9% |
| First Professional Degree | 4.2% |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 0.1% |
| Doctoral Degree | 0.1% |

## What the work involves

- Conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students.
- Plan and conduct teacher training programs and conferences dealing with new classroom procedures, instructional materials and equipment, and teaching aids.
- Address public audiences to explain program objectives and to elicit support.
- Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills.
- Recommend, order, or authorize purchase of instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and visual aids designed to meet student educational needs and district standards.
- Advise and teach students.
- Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures.
- Research, evaluate, and prepare recommendations on curricula, instructional methods, and materials for school systems.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Learning Strategies — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Instructing — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Education and Training — importance 4.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Written Comprehension — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Clarity — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Social (S), Enterprising (E), Investigative (I).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| S — Social | 6.16 |
| E — Enterprising | 4.26 |
| I — Investigative | 4.04 |
| C — Conventional | 3.98 |
| A — Artistic | 3.56 |
| R — Realistic | 1.62 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ENFJ | 79.7 |
| ENFP | 70.8 |
| ESFJ | 68.0 |
| ESFP | 67.0 |
| INFJ | 62.8 |

Best-fitting types: ENFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Training and Development Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/training-and-development-specialist) — median $69,280
- [Education Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/education-teacher-postsecondary) — median $75,350
- [Training and Development Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/training-and-development-manager) — median $133,000
- [Career/Technical Education Teacher, Middle School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/career-technical-education-teacher-middle-school) — median $65,030
- [Elementary School Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/elementary-school-teacher) — median $63,970
- [Special Education Teacher, Secondary School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-secondary-school) — median $74,260
- [Tutor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tutor) — median $43,350
- [Special Education Teacher, Kindergarten](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-kindergarten) — median $67,170
- [Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselor and Advisor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/educational-guidance-and-career-counselor-and-advisor) — median $64,330
- [Teaching Assistant, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teaching-assistant-postsecondary) — median $42,910

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 30.3 Database, May 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2024–2034. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2024–2034 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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