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Job outlook for vocational coordinators in the United States
Are vocational coordinator jobs in demand?
Vocational coordinator job and salary trends over time
Vocational coordinator jobs over time
Vocational coordinator job growth rate over time
| Year | # of jobs | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,838 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 2,798 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 2,838 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 2,733 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 2,598 | 0.00% |
Average vocational coordinator salary over time
Vocational coordinator salary by year
| Year | Avg. salary | Hourly rate | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $41,146 | $19.78 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | $40,382 | $19.41 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | $39,865 | $19.17 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | $39,228 | $18.86 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | $38,626 | $18.57 | +1.7% |
Vocational coordinator jobs by state
Most common states for vocational coordinators
| Rank | State | Population | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vermont | 623,657 | 139 | 22% |
| 2 | Rhode Island | 1,059,639 | 186 | 18% |
| 3 | Wyoming | 579,315 | 107 | 18% |
| 4 | Delaware | 961,939 | 165 | 17% |
| 5 | North Dakota | 755,393 | 118 | 16% |
| 6 | Maine | 1,335,907 | 192 | 14% |
| 7 | New Mexico | 2,088,070 | 266 | 13% |
| 8 | West Virginia | 1,815,857 | 223 | 12% |
| 9 | South Dakota | 869,666 | 106 | 12% |
| 10 | Alabama | 4,874,747 | 520 | 11% |
| 11 | Idaho | 1,716,943 | 192 | 11% |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 3,930,864 | 388 | 10% |
| 13 | Hawaii | 1,427,538 | 140 | 10% |
| 14 | District of Columbia | 693,972 | 69 | 10% |
| 15 | Alaska | 739,795 | 52 | 7% |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 6,859,819 | 423 | 6% |
| 17 | New Hampshire | 1,342,795 | 71 | 5% |
| 18 | Virginia | 8,470,020 | 362 | 4% |
| 19 | South Carolina | 5,024,369 | 183 | 4% |
| 20 | Montana | 1,050,493 | 42 | 4% |
Most common cities for vocational coordinators
| Rank | City | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burlington | 1 | 4% | $53,357 |
| 2 | Flagstaff | 1 | 1% | $34,956 |
| 3 | Cleveland | 1 | 0% | $46,129 |
Vocational Coordinator job outlook: Expert opinions
Our panel of vocational coordinator experts
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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 Vocational 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.
Jordan Levy Ph.D.
Associate Professor of AnthropologyPacific Lutheran University
Anthropology Department
What Vocational Coordinator skills would you recommend for someone trying to advance their career?
Jordan Levy Ph.D.: Some students enter college having taken a "gap year" between high school and university. Any kind of volunteer or work experience that further develops their interpersonal communication skills is beneficial for the range of discussion and small group work that university-level classes require. Some students do service projects in other countries, which is great because they also gain international experiences that contribute to their overall formation as informed global citizens. These experiences can then tell what kinds of classes they take in university and can remain a source of inspiration for what careers they pursue.
How do you envision technology impacting Vocational 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.