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Instructional Coordinators — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$77,440

United States, 2025

Employment

227,760

United States, 2025

Typical education

Master's Degree

Job Zone 5

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

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.

O*NET code
25-9031.00
Job zone
5
Experience required
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

Typical tasks

  • Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills.
  • Plan and conduct teacher training programs and conferences dealing with new classroom procedures, instructional materials and equipment, and teaching aids.
  • Interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes and rules and regulations of state education boards.
  • Conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students.
  • Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures.
  • Advise and teach students.
  • Recommend, order, or authorize purchase of instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and visual aids designed to meet student educational needs and district standards.
  • Update the content of educational programs to ensure that students are being trained with equipment and processes that are technologically current.

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Salary analysis — United States

$47,980
10th
$60,780
25th
$77,440
Median
$98,820
75th
$121,670
90th

10th percentile

$47,980

25th percentile

$60,780

75th percentile

$98,820

90th percentile

$121,670

Most important skills

  • Learning Strategies4.3
  • Speaking4.1
  • Instructing4.1
  • Writing4.1
  • Reading Comprehension4.0
  • Monitoring4.0
  • Active Listening4.0
  • Active Learning3.9
  • Complex Problem Solving3.9
  • Critical Thinking3.9
  • Social Perceptiveness3.9
  • Coordination3.9

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

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Matched

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Missing

20

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Learning Strategies4.34.8Not selected4.8
Writing4.14.5Not selected4.5
Reading Comprehension4.04.6Not selected4.6
Speaking4.14.4Not selected4.4
Active Listening4.04.4Not selected4.4
Instructing4.14.3Not selected4.3
Monitoring4.04.3Not selected4.3
Active Learning3.94.1Not selected4.1
Critical Thinking3.94.1Not selected4.1
Social Perceptiveness3.94.0Not selected4.0
Judgment and Decision Making3.84.1Not selected4.1
Complex Problem Solving3.93.9Not selected3.9
Coordination3.93.9Not selected3.9
Time Management3.63.9Not selected3.9
Service Orientation3.63.6Not selected3.6
Systems Evaluation3.33.9Not selected3.9
Systems Analysis3.33.8Not selected3.8
Persuasion3.33.4Not selected3.4
Management of Personnel Resources3.13.4Not selected3.4
Negotiation3.13.4Not selected3.4

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Napa, CA$126,730602025
Mount Vernon, WA$124,090702025
Hanford, CA$115,290302025
Kennewick, WA$114,3201502025
Merced, CA$106,7101202025
DC$105,9901,2202025
San Diego, CA$105,8901,9802025
Sacramento, CA$105,7901,6302025
Trenton, NJ$105,7203702025
Vallejo, CA$105,4001202025
Washington, DC$105,2205,1902025
Hagerstown, MD$104,9501902025
Bakersfield, CA$104,6003902025
Fresno, CA$104,2606202025
Naples, FL$103,6801702025
San Francisco, CA$103,4002,3202025
Bremerton, WA$103,3601002025
Bridgeport, CT$102,9804002025
Kahului, HI$102,3301102025
MD$102,2204,3502025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.