Pay at the National Level

• The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that literacy coordinators earned a mean annual salary of $61,270 and an hourly rate of $29.46 in 2010. Those in the 90th percentile earned at or above $93,080 and $44.75 per hour, while those in 50th percentile earned at or below $58,030 and $28.28. Those in the 10th percentile earned at or below $33,490 annually and $16.10 per hour in 2010.
  
  

Pay by Industry

• The federal executive branch paid the highest mean annual rate of $89,400 and $42.98 per hour in 2010. Scientific, professional and technical consulting paid the second highest with a mean yearly pay of $75,710 and $36.40. Architectural and engineering services paid the third highest with a mean annual rate of $70,960 and $34.12 per hour. Newspaper, periodical and book publishers paid the fourth highest mean annual rate of $70,650 and $34.12 per hour in 2010.
  
  

Pay by State

• In the District of Columbia, literacy coordinators earned the highest yearly compensation of $79,300 and $38.12 in 2010. In Connecticut, they earned the second highest mean yearly pay of $75,790 and $36.44, while in California these professionals made the third highest at $70,010 and $33.66 per hour. In Minnesota, literacy coordinators earned the fourth highest mean yearly rate of $69,060 and $33.20 per hour. In fifth place was Virginia, where such professionals made the fifth highest salary, earning a mean yearly pay of $67,540 and $32.47 an hour in 2010.
  
  

Pay by Large Urban Areas

• In the Portsmouth region, serving New Hampshire and Maine, literacy coordinators earned the highest mean yearly rate of $93,480 and $44.94 per hour in 2010. In the Hartford, Conn. area, such professionals were paid the second highest mean yearly rate of $82,880 and an hourly rate of $39.84. Those working in Huntsville, Ala., earned the third highest mean yearly compensation at $82,640 and $39.73 per hour. Literacy coordinators in Salinas, Calif., earned the fourth highest mean annual rate of $82,320 and $39.36 in 2010.