Business Teachers build instructing, complex problem solving and judgment and decision making 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 Instructional Coordinators (85%).
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 | Instructional Coordinators | 85% | $77,440 | −22% | None |
| 2 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | 82% | $104,590 | +6% | None |
| 3 | Management Analysts | 81% | $101,860 | +3% | None |
| 4 | Industrial-Organizational Psychologists | 77% | $193,950 | +96% | None |
| 5 | Sociologists | 76% | $106,030 | +7% | None |
| 6 | Political Scientists | 74% | $142,080 | +43% | None |
| 7 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | 73% | $105,870 | +7% | None |
| 8 | Economists | 73% | $124,720 | +26% | None |
| 9 | Training and Development Specialists | 72% | $69,280 | −30% | None |
| 10 | Training and Development Managers | 71% | $133,000 | +34% | None |
Compared with Business Teachers, Postsecondary, median $99,080. 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 business 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.
85% skill match · $77,440 · −22% pay
Coordination · Management of Material Resources · Service Orientation
82% skill match · $104,590 · +6% pay
Management of Financial Resources · Management of Material Resources · Management of Personnel Resources
81% skill match · $101,860 · +3% pay
Coordination · Systems Evaluation · Operations Analysis
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Instructional Coordinators (85% skill match, median $77,440), Education Administrators, Postsecondary (82% skill match, median $104,590) and Management Analysts (81% skill match, median $101,860), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 13 pay more than business teachers at the median. The biggest increases: Industrial-Organizational Psychologists (+96%, $193,950), Compensation and Benefits Managers (+51%, $149,230) and Human Resources Managers (+51%, $149,280).
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.