Also called: Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Family and Consumer Sciences 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 (89%).
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 | 89% | $77,440 | +2% | None |
| 2 | Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School | 87% | $65,030 | −14% | None |
| 3 | Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 86% | $72,040 | −5% | None |
| 4 | Special Education Teachers, Secondary School | 85% | $74,260 | −2% | None |
| 5 | Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School | 82% | $66,270 | −13% | None |
| 6 | Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 80% | $63,970 | −16% | None |
| 7 | Training and Development Specialists | 80% | $69,280 | −9% | None |
| 8 | Speech-Language Pathologists | 79% | $97,870 | +29% | None |
| 9 | Health Education Specialists | 78% | $64,070 | −16% | None |
| 10 | Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 78% | $64,370 | −15% | None |
Compared with Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, median $75,870. 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 family and consumer sciences 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.
89% skill match · $77,440 · +2% pay
Coordination · Complex Problem Solving · Social Perceptiveness
87% skill match · $65,030 · −14% pay
Social Perceptiveness · Operation and Control · Service Orientation
86% skill match · $72,040 · −5% pay
Social Perceptiveness · Coordination · Judgment and Decision Making
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 (89% skill match, median $77,440), Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School (87% skill match, median $65,030) and Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (86% skill match, median $72,040), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 6 pay more than family and consumer sciences teachers at the median. The biggest increases: Sociologists (+40%, $106,030), Education Administrators, Postsecondary (+38%, $104,590) and Occupational Therapists (+32%, $100,330).
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.