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Instructional Coordinators pay in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA and Napa, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Instructional Coordinators is $65,340 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. It is $126,730 per year in Napa, CA. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 48.4% below Napa, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-9031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 100 wage and salary jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA and 60 in Napa, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings