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Recreation Workers vs Instructional Coordinators

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Recreation Workers and Instructional Coordinators on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Recreation Workers Instructional Coordinators
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$35,380
$74,720
Employment · BLS OEWS
309,640
210,850
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
65th pct
91st pct

At a glance

Dimension Recreation Workers Instructional Coordinators
Median pay $35,380 $74,720
Employment 309,640 210,850
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.1%) About average (+1.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 68,100 21,900
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 65th pct High · 91st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 37th pct · 21% of tasks 76th pct · 39% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (58.0%) Augmentation-leaning (53.1%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: English Language, Active Listening, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Service Orientation, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Speech Clarity, Public Safety and Security, Monitoring, Instructing, Customer and Personal Service, Problem Sensitivity, Near Vision, Speech Recognition, Education and Training, Written Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Deductive Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Complex Problem Solving, Written Expression, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Information Ordering, Category Flexibility, Computers and Electronics, Judgment and Decision Making.

Specific to Recreation Workers

  • Law and Government
  • Psychology
  • Administrative
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Far Vision
  • Negotiation

Specific to Instructional Coordinators

  • Administration and Management
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Mathematics
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Communications and Media
  • Sociology and Anthropology

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Office suite software , Spreadsheet software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Computer based training software , Data base user interface and query software , Desktop publishing software , Video creation and editing software .

Specific to Recreation Workers

Specific to Instructional Coordinators

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Recreation Workers or Instructional Coordinators — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Recreation Workers vs Instructional Coordinators." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/recreation-workers-vs-instructional-coordinators

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Singulariki. (2026). Recreation Workers vs Instructional Coordinators. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/recreation-workers-vs-instructional-coordinators

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Recreation Workers vs Instructional Coordinators},
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  year   = {2026},
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  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/recreation-workers-vs-instructional-coordinators}
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