Also called: Anthropology Teachers, Postsecondary
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers build instructing, judgment and decision making and time management skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Sociologists (80%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sociologists | 80% | $106,030 | +6% | None |
| 2 | Anthropologists and Archeologists | 74% | $70,770 | −29% | None |
| 3 | Political Scientists | 74% | $142,080 | +43% | None |
| 4 | Speech-Language Pathologists | 71% | $97,870 | −2% | None |
| 5 | Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses | 71% | $97,550Pay for the broader BLS group “Registered Nurses” | Not compared | None |
| 6 | Genetic Counselors | 69% | $100,040 | 0% | None |
| 7 | Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists | 68% | $100,330Pay for the broader BLS group “Occupational Therapists” | Not compared | None |
| 8 | Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 67% | $72,040 | −28% | None |
| 9 | Occupational Therapists | 67% | $100,330 | +1% | None |
| 10 | Epidemiologists | 66% | $87,220 | −12% | None |
Compared with Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary, median $99,650. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as anthropology and archeology teachers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
80% skill match · $106,030 · +6% pay
Social Perceptiveness · Operations Analysis · Programming
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
74% skill match · $70,770 · −29% pay
Operation and Control · Operations Monitoring · Quality Control Analysis
74% skill match · $142,080 · +43% pay
Operations Analysis · Social Perceptiveness
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Sociologists (80% skill match, median $106,030), Anthropologists and Archeologists (74% skill match, median $70,770) and Political Scientists (74% skill match, median $142,080), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 9 pay more than anthropology and archeology teachers at the median. The biggest increases: Industrial-Organizational Psychologists (+95%, $193,950), Political Scientists (+43%, $142,080) and Economists (+25%, $124,720).
25 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.