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Instructional Coordinators

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.

Wages

Median annual wage, U.S.$77,440
Employment, U.S.227,760
Median hourly wage$37.23
Annual wage percentiles, U.S., May 2025
10th25thMedian75th90th
$47,980$60,780$77,440$98,820$121,670
By state (51)
StateEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Alabama2,040$69,0000.66
Alaska550$72,3201.15
Arizona6,560$62,6201.38
Arkansas1,300$67,1000.68
California20,950$97,0100.79
Colorado3,400$82,1600.81
Connecticut1,780$96,1700.72
Delaware980$79,2901.38
District of Columbia1,220$105,9901.19
Florida18,030$60,7901.24
Georgia7,830$81,0601.09
Hawaii1,130$96,0801.23
Idaho1,490$63,0301.19
Illinois10,330$76,0501.16
Indiana2,640$66,3000.56
Iowa2,760$74,9701.21
Kansas1,950$64,7500.93
Kentucky3,380$63,6401.16
Louisiana2,140$63,1200.75
Maine480$76,7000.51
Maryland4,350$102,2201.08
Massachusetts6,170$95,3201.16
Michigan5,680$79,2900.88
Minnesota3,130$80,5500.73
Mississippi1,840$61,8301.08
Missouri3,110$72,0800.72
Montana740$60,9200.99
Nebraska1,370$79,1500.91
Nevada1,130$67,4100.50
New Hampshire510$81,2100.51
New Jersey3,770$96,0900.60
New Mexico510$80,8700.40
New York18,730$80,5601.32
North Carolina8,260$63,3401.14
North Dakota650$75,3401.03
Ohio3,510$77,7600.43
Oklahoma2,540$63,9801.02
Oregon2,940$84,6201.02
Pennsylvania7,540$75,5800.85
Rhode Island1,240$63,1101.68
South Carolina4,370$65,4601.30
South Dakota500$57,9100.75
Tennessee4,120$74,3900.86
Texas31,970$78,7101.55
Utah3,680$65,7801.45
Vermont730$78,3601.65
Virginia5,830$83,2300.97
Washington4,720$97,2500.91
West Virginia730$69,6000.71
Wisconsin2,130$83,0000.49
Wyoming290$76,1400.71

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

#OccupationJob ZoneSimilarity
1Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education40.982
2Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary50.981
3Education Administrators, Postsecondary50.981
4Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education40.979
5Special Education Teachers, Middle School40.978
6Training and Development Specialists40.977
7Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education40.976
8Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary50.975
9Special Education Teachers, Secondary School40.975
10Special Education Teachers, Elementary School40.972

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Instructional Coordinators, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

OccupationSkill to buildLevel gapSimilarity
Training and Development SpecialistsOperations Analysis2.000.977
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsSocial Perceptiveness0.880.963
Social and Community Service ManagersManagement of Personnel Resources1.000.961
Management AnalystsOperations Analysis2.380.959
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareManagement of Financial Resources1.000.957
Social Work Teachers, PostsecondaryActive Learning0.760.956
Business Continuity PlannersComplex Problem Solving1.000.955
ClergySocial Perceptiveness1.000.949
Computer Science Teachers, PostsecondaryProgramming2.500.949
Health Education SpecialistsOperations Analysis1.500.948

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Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Instructional Coordinators, excluding software Instructional Coordinators already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

SoftwareSimilar jobs using itLift
Children's educational software5 of 2025.6x
Pear Deck4 of 2030.8x
Padlet5 of 2013.6x
Screen magnification software4 of 2023.1x
Nearpod5 of 2011.5x
Screen reader software4 of 2020.5x
Google Drive7 of 205.0x
Google Meet6 of 206.3x
Video editing software4 of 2014.2x
Google Docs8 of 203.5x

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

SkillTypeImportanceLevel
Learning StrategiesEssential skill 4.25 4.75
WritingEssential skill 4.12 4.50
SpeakingEssential skill 4.12 4.38
InstructingTransferable skill 4.12 4.25
Reading ComprehensionEssential skill 4.00 4.62
Active ListeningEssential skill 4.00 4.38
MonitoringEssential skill 4.00 4.25
Active LearningEssential skill 3.88 4.12
Critical ThinkingEssential skill 3.88 4.12
Social PerceptivenessTransferable skill 3.88 4.00
Complex Problem SolvingTransferable skill 3.88 3.88
CoordinationTransferable skill 3.88 3.88
Judgment and Decision MakingTransferable skill 3.75 4.12
Time ManagementTransferable skill 3.62 3.88
Service OrientationTransferable skill 3.62 3.62
Systems EvaluationTransferable skill 3.25 3.88
Systems AnalysisTransferable skill 3.25 3.75
PersuasionTransferable skill 3.25 3.38
Management of Personnel ResourcesTransferable skill 3.12 3.38
NegotiationTransferable skill 3.12 3.38
MathematicsEssential skill 2.75 2.88
Management of Material ResourcesTransferable skill 2.50 2.50
Management of Financial ResourcesTransferable skill 2.25 2.38
Operations AnalysisTransferable skill 2.00 1.50
Quality Control AnalysisTransferable skill 1.88 1.50
Technology DesignTransferable skill 1.75 0.75
Operations MonitoringTransferable skill 1.62 1.25
ProgrammingTransferable skill 1.62 0.62
ScienceEssential skill 1.50 0.62
TroubleshootingTransferable skill 1.50 0.50
Equipment SelectionTransferable skill 1.12not rated
Equipment MaintenanceTransferable skill 1.00not rated
InstallationTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Operation and ControlTransferable skill 1.00not rated
RepairingTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
Knowledge
NameImportanceLevel
Education and Training 4.78 6.09
English Language 4.32 4.64
Administration and Management 3.79 3.77
Mathematics 3.68 3.69
Computers and Electronics 3.60 4.31
Customer and Personal Service 3.47 3.94
Public Safety and Security 3.47 3.08
Personnel and Human Resources 3.41 3.62
Communications and Media 3.35 3.05
Sociology and Anthropology 3.28 3.63
Philosophy and Theology 3.21 3.64
Psychology 3.14 3.06
Administrative 3.11 4.58
History and Archeology 2.93 3.10
Therapy and Counseling 2.87 3.09
Law and Government 2.81 1.89
Foreign Language 2.61 2.33
Sales and Marketing 2.38 2.09
Economics and Accounting 2.33 1.95
Geography 2.30 3.23
Production and Processing 2.18 1.94
Telecommunications 2.15 1.33
Engineering and Technology 2.05 1.33
Design 1.97 1.09
Transportation 1.81 1.65
Fine Arts 1.80 1.17
Biology 1.59 1.25
Medicine and Dentistry 1.55not rated
Physics 1.44not rated
Mechanical 1.36not rated
Chemistry 1.35not rated
Building and Construction 1.22not rated
Food Production 1.22not rated
Abilities
NameImportanceLevel
Written Comprehension 4.38 4.88
Oral Expression 4.25 4.75
Written Expression 4.25 4.62
Oral Comprehension 4.12 4.62
Speech Clarity 4.12 4.12
Speech Recognition 4.00 4.12
Problem Sensitivity 4.00 4.00
Deductive Reasoning 3.88 4.12
Near Vision 3.88 3.62
Inductive Reasoning 3.75 4.12
Information Ordering 3.75 3.88
Originality 3.75 3.75
Category Flexibility 3.75 3.50
Fluency of Ideas 3.62 3.75
Far Vision 3.12 3.25
Memorization 3.12 3.12
Selective Attention 3.00 3.12
Flexibility of Closure 3.00 3.00
Number Facility 3.00 3.00
Visualization 3.00 3.00
Mathematical Reasoning 3.00 2.88
Speed of Closure 2.88 2.88
Time Sharing 2.88 2.75
Perceptual Speed 2.62 2.75
Auditory Attention 2.25 2.00
Visual Color Discrimination 2.12 1.75
Finger Dexterity 1.88 1.50
Hearing Sensitivity 1.75 1.25
Trunk Strength 1.75 1.25
Depth Perception 1.62 0.62
Wrist-Finger Speed 1.50 0.50
Stamina 1.38 0.38
Manual Dexterity 1.25not rated
Speed of Limb Movement 1.25not rated
Arm-Hand Steadiness 1.12not rated
Gross Body Coordination 1.12not rated
Control Precision 1.00not rated
Dynamic Flexibility 1.00not rated
Dynamic Strength 1.00not rated
Explosive Strength 1.00not rated
Extent Flexibility 1.00not rated
Glare Sensitivity 1.00not rated
Gross Body Equilibrium 1.00not rated
Multilimb Coordination 1.00not rated
Night Vision 1.00not rated
Peripheral Vision 1.00not rated
Rate Control 1.00not rated
Reaction Time 1.00not rated
Response Orientation 1.00not rated
Sound Localization 1.00not rated
Spatial Orientation 1.00not rated
Static Strength 1.00not rated

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

All 88
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe Presenter
  • Adobe RoboHelp
  • Adobe eLearning Suite
  • Apple Final Cut Pro
  • Apple QuickTime
  • Articulate 360
  • Articulate Rapid E-Learning Studio
  • Audacity
  • Avid Technology Pinnacle Studio
  • Blackboard Learn
  • Blackboard software
  • Common Curriculum
  • Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
  • Cornerstone OnDemand Cornerstone Learning
  • Desire2Learn LMS software
  • Drupal
  • Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
  • EasyCBM
  • Edmodo
  • Edpuzzle
  • Elucidat
  • Email software
  • Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML
  • Flipgrid
  • Google Classroom
  • Human resource management software HRMS
  • IBM Lotus 1-2-3
  • IXL Learning Quia Web
  • Instructure Canvas
  • Kahoot!
  • Learning Technology Research Institute GLO Maker
  • Microsoft Office FrontPage
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server
  • Moodle
  • Nvu
  • Performance Technology Associates DocuTools
  • Poll Everywhere
  • Quizlet
  • Schoology
  • Screencast-O-Matic
  • SeaMonkey
  • Seesaw
  • SmartDraw VP
  • SoftChalk LessonBuilder
  • Sony Sound Forge
  • Suddenly Smart SmartBuilder
  • SumTotal Systems ToolBook
  • TechSmith Snagit
  • Trivantis CourseMill
  • Trivantis Lectora
  • Vasont Content Management System
  • WeVideo
  • Web browser software
  • Webinar software
  • Worldwide Instructional Design System WIDS
  • etouches

Where it concentrates

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

Metro areaEmploymentLocation quotientMedian annual
Tallahassee, FL1,4005.13$55,600
Lawrence, KS3404.48$61,900
Ithaca, NY2503.61$70,940
Wichita Falls, TX2503.08$86,260
Champaign-Urbana, IL4602.98$65,720
Victoria, TX1602.93$77,700
San Angelo, TX2102.84$83,790
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC1,3302.64$61,480
College Station-Bryan, TX4902.48$72,720
Flagstaff, AZ2302.38$59,000

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