Architecture Teachers build instructing, judgment and decision making and complex problem solving 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 Architects, Except Landscape and Naval (70%).
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 | Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | 70% | $99,280 | +2% | None |
| 2 | Instructional Coordinators | 68% | $77,440 | −20% | None |
| 3 | Sociologists | 66% | $106,030 | +9% | None |
| 4 | Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School | 65% | $65,030 | −33% | None |
| 5 | Landscape Architects | 65% | $79,870 | −18% | None |
| 6 | Speech-Language Pathologists | 63% | $97,870 | +1% | None |
| 7 | Health Informatics Specialists | 63% | $105,850Pay for the broader BLS group “Computer Systems Analysts” | Not compared | None |
| 8 | Political Scientists | 62% | $142,080 | +47% | None |
| 9 | Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 62% | $72,040 | −26% | None |
| 10 | Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists | 62% | $100,330Pay for the broader BLS group “Occupational Therapists” | Not compared | None |
Compared with Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary, median $96,870. 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 architecture teachers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
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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.
70% skill match · $99,280 · +2% pay
Quality Control Analysis · Management of Financial Resources · Operations Analysis
68% skill match · $77,440 · −20% pay
Coordination · Management of Financial Resources · Management of Material Resources
66% skill match · $106,030 · +9% pay
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 Architects, Except Landscape and Naval (70% skill match, median $99,280), Instructional Coordinators (68% skill match, median $77,440) and Sociologists (66% skill match, median $106,030), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 11 pay more than architecture teachers at the median. The biggest increases: Industrial-Organizational Psychologists (+100%, $193,950), Political Scientists (+47%, $142,080) and Astronomers (+33%, $128,820).
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.