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Job outlook for assistance coordinators in the United States
Assistance coordinator job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:
The projected assistance coordinator job growth rate is 12% from 2018-2028.
About 52,400 new jobs for assistance coordinators are projected over the next decade.
Assistance coordinator salaries have increased 13% for assistance coordinators in the last 5 years.
There are over 52,651 assistance coordinators currently employed in the United States.
There are 40,448 active assistance coordinator job openings in the US.
The average assistance coordinator salary is $40,825.
Are assistance coordinator jobs in demand?
Assistance coordinator job and salary trends over time
Assistance coordinator jobs over time
Assistance coordinator job growth rate over time
| Year | # of jobs | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52,651 | 0.02% |
| 2020 | 52,959 | 0.02% |
| 2019 | 54,569 | 0.02% |
| 2018 | 54,068 | 0.02% |
| 2017 | 53,751 | 0.02% |
Average assistance coordinator salary over time
Assistance coordinator salary by year
| Year | Avg. salary | Hourly rate | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $40,825 | $19.63 | +2.6% |
| 2025 | $39,803 | $19.14 | +3.9% |
| 2024 | $38,316 | $18.42 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | $37,600 | $18.08 | +4.1% |
| 2022 | $36,113 | $17.36 | +3.2% |
Assistance coordinator jobs by state
Most common states for assistance coordinators
| Rank | State | Population | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | 2,913,123 | 544 | 19% |
| 2 | Delaware | 961,939 | 172 | 18% |
| 3 | North Dakota | 755,393 | 134 | 18% |
| 4 | District of Columbia | 693,972 | 113 | 16% |
| 5 | Arkansas | 3,004,279 | 446 | 15% |
| 6 | New Mexico | 2,088,070 | 317 | 15% |
| 7 | Idaho | 1,716,943 | 216 | 13% |
| 8 | South Dakota | 869,666 | 117 | 13% |
| 9 | Alaska | 739,795 | 91 | 12% |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 6,859,819 | 758 | 11% |
| 11 | Alabama | 4,874,747 | 539 | 11% |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 3,930,864 | 425 | 11% |
| 13 | New Hampshire | 1,342,795 | 105 | 8% |
| 14 | Vermont | 623,657 | 53 | 8% |
| 15 | Virginia | 8,470,020 | 576 | 7% |
| 16 | Rhode Island | 1,059,639 | 78 | 7% |
| 17 | Montana | 1,050,493 | 76 | 7% |
| 18 | Maryland | 6,052,177 | 375 | 6% |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 5,795,483 | 333 | 6% |
| 20 | Minnesota | 5,576,606 | 327 | 6% |
Most common cities for assistance coordinators
| Rank | City | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natick | 1 | 3% | $45,267 |
| 2 | Pembroke Pines | 2 | 1% | $36,258 |
| 3 | Riverside | 2 | 1% | $48,260 |
| 4 | Fort Collins | 1 | 1% | $41,500 |
| 5 | Framingham | 1 | 1% | $45,254 |
| 6 | Metairie | 1 | 1% | $34,056 |
| 7 | Orange | 1 | 1% | $48,330 |
| 8 | Silver Spring | 1 | 1% | $44,889 |
| 9 | South Bend | 1 | 1% | $39,081 |
| 10 | Westminster | 1 | 1% | $41,394 |
| 11 | Indianapolis | 2 | 0% | $38,273 |
| 12 | Detroit | 1 | 0% | $41,043 |
| 13 | Fort Worth | 1 | 0% | $39,673 |
| 14 | Phoenix | 1 | 0% | $35,717 |
| 15 | San Francisco | 1 | 0% | $49,269 |
| 16 | Washington | 1 | 0% | $50,713 |
Assistance Coordinator job outlook: Expert opinions
Our panel of assistance coordinator experts
Connecticut College
Heidelberg University
Austin Community College
Seattle University
East Tennessee State University
American University
How have salaries changed over time for Assistance Coordinators?
Julia Kushigian Ph.D.: As demand has increased, salaries have risen tremendously to try and keep pace. In fields like education, business, health care, government, social services, service related employment, law, etc., salaries have improved year over year to stay competitive.
Paige Atterholt
Adjunct ProfessorHeidelberg University
What will help Assistance Coordinators increase their earning potential?
Paige Atterholt: There are many ways a teacher can increase their earning potential. This can be done through continuing education, maybe looking at a Masters or more to move up on the pay scale. Teachers can advise student council, tutoring, or even look at coaching to earn more money. There's vast opportunities in the world of education! Schools always need teachers who are well-rounded.
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Assistance Coordinators?
Paige Atterholt: I think now, being in year 2 of the pandemic, I think if anything there will be more jobs for graduates. Just looking through the jobs online, there are many opportunities for graduates to get a job. I think the older community retired when things got bad, which opened the door for the younger generation.
What's a good job out of college for Assistance Coordinators?
Paige Atterholt: A good job out of college is a job that you feel passionate about because I believe your happiness comes first. Being in the world of education, a good job in my eyes is a job that you enjoy going to every day, want to make an impact, and enjoy the time you have with your students.
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Assistance Coordinators?
Stuart Greenfield Ph.D.: According to the National Student Clearinghouse estimates for Fall 2018-Fall 2020, Nscresearchcenter, enrollment inf post-secondary institutions declined by 703.9K. Of this decline, 621.4K (88.3%) were attributed to Public 2-year institutions.
What soft skills should all Assistance Coordinators possess?
Stuart Greenfield Ph.D.: Given the changing demographics that the country has experienced, the entire education continuum must change. According to the Brookings Institution, Brookings, the non-Hispanic White population in the under 18 cohort since 2000 has declined.
As you'll note from the occupations that are projected to increase the greatest, most require face-to-face contact, so that soft-skills will be necessary. I would also expect that critical thinking skills will be needed as more responsibility will be required of front-line workers.
Theresa Earenfight Ph.D.
Professor of History, Director, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies ProgramSeattle University
History Department
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Assistance Coordinators?
Theresa Earenfight Ph.D.: As a historian of the European Middle Ages, I'm struck by how students this past year have acquired something scarce: historical empathy. The past can seem so remote, so very different from our lived experiences today, and this can make history seem irrelevant. But this fall, I was teaching a section on the bubonic plague, which historians of medicine now know was a global pandemic, not just an epidemic in Europe. Usually, students are fascinated by the gruesome medical details, but not this group.
They did not need or want to look death in the eyes. They wanted to know how did people react? How did they get back to normal? When we ticked off the list of reactions--fear, distrust of science (such as it was in 1348), xenophobia, scapegoating, economic collapse, hoarding supplies, turn to religion, gallows humor about worms crawling about corpses--they got it. When we talked about the aftermath--eat, drink, be merry, and protest the inequality--they got it. That is historical empathy, and I'm sad that this was how it had to be learned, but it will give them broader compassion that can encompass people alive today.
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Assistance Coordinators?
Dr. Frederick Gordon Ph.D.: Graduate students will need to refocus on the changing institutional role, being both remote and in-person, and impacting agency goals and performance.
How do you envision technology impacting Assistance Coordinators in the next 5 years?
Dr. Adelaide Kelly-Massoud: Well, every teacher and teacher candidate was thrust into distance learning. Misguided attempts to foster understanding often leaned our adult distant learning pedagogy. Teachers, and those who prepare teachers, found their job to research, define, design, and implement meaningful teaching and learning using a virtual platform. Words such as synchronous and asynchronous are now a part of our everyday vernacular. But there is a much more optimistic change on the horizon that we can thank coronavirus for.
Communication and collaboration have been forced to change. Parents and Teachers are more connected and have been put in a position to leverage technology to build networks of support and consistent dialog. I urge teachers to leverage this in their future as we work to reopening schools; we should learn from this experience to leverage technology to keep us connected.