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Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary vs Instructional Coordinators

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 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.”

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary Instructional Coordinators
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$44,930
$74,720
Employment · BLS OEWS
155,010
210,850
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
72nd pct
91st pct

At a glance

Dimension Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary Instructional Coordinators
Median pay $44,930 $74,720
Employment 155,010 210,850
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.1%) About average (+1.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 24,600 21,900
Typical education · O*NET 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). 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 High · 72nd pct High · 91st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 76th pct · 39% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (53.1%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — 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, Education and Training, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Written Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Computers and Electronics, Speaking, Instructing, Written Expression, Speech Clarity, Learning Strategies, Mathematics, Writing, Near Vision, Speech Recognition, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Service Orientation, Complex Problem Solving, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Information Ordering, Category Flexibility, Communications and Media, Sociology and Anthropology, Persuasion.

Specific to Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary

  • Selective Attention
  • Psychology
  • Administrative
  • Flexibility of Closure

Specific to Instructional Coordinators

  • Administration and Management
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Personnel and Human Resources

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: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Graphics or photo imaging software , Word processing software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Data base user interface and query software , Computer based training software .

Specific to Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary

Specific to Instructional Coordinators

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 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. "Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 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/teaching-assistants-postsecondary-vs-instructional-coordinators

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Singulariki. (2026). Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary vs Instructional Coordinators. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/teaching-assistants-postsecondary-vs-instructional-coordinators

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary vs Instructional Coordinators},
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  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/teaching-assistants-postsecondary-vs-instructional-coordinators}
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