Also called: Criminal Justice Teachers, Postsecondary
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement 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 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 | +1% | None |
| 2 | Special Education Teachers, Secondary School | 83% | $74,260 | −3% | None |
| 3 | Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 81% | $72,040 | −6% | None |
| 4 | Training and Development Specialists | 79% | $69,280 | −10% | None |
| 5 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | 78% | $104,590 | +37% | None |
| 6 | Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School | 76% | $65,030 | −15% | None |
| 7 | Speech-Language Pathologists | 76% | $97,870 | +28% | None |
| 8 | Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors | 76% | $64,330 | −16% | None |
| 9 | Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | 75% | $61,540 | −20% | None |
| 10 | Special Education Teachers, Middle School | 75% | $66,810 | −13% | None |
Compared with Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary, median $76,590. 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 criminal justice and law enforcement 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 · +1% pay
Coordination · Management of Material Resources · Complex Problem Solving
83% skill match · $74,260 · −3% pay
Coordination · Service Orientation · Social Perceptiveness
81% skill match · $72,040 · −6% pay
Quality Control Analysis · Coordination · 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 Instructional Coordinators (85% skill match, median $77,440), Special Education Teachers, Secondary School (83% skill match, median $74,260) and Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (81% skill match, median $72,040), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 7 pay more than criminal justice and law enforcement teachers at the median. The biggest increases: Industrial-Organizational Psychologists (+153%, $193,950), Political Scientists (+86%, $142,080) and Sociologists (+38%, $106,030).
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.