Farm and Home Management Educators build judgment and decision making, instructing and social perceptiveness 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 Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary (91%).
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 | Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | 91% | $98,700 | +64% | None |
| 2 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 77% | $99,080 | +65% | None |
| 3 | Range Managers | 76% | $73,010Pay for the broader BLS group “Conservation Scientists” | Not compared | None |
| 4 | Soil and Plant Scientists | 75% | $78,850 | +31% | None |
| 5 | Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 74% | $101,420 | +68% | None |
| 6 | Health Education Specialists | 74% | $64,070 | +6% | None |
| 7 | Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School | 73% | $65,030 | +8% | None |
| 8 | Dietitians and Nutritionists | 73% | $76,400 | +27% | None |
| 9 | Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | 72% | $75,870 | +26% | None |
| 10 | Park Naturalists | 72% | $73,010Pay for the broader BLS group “Conservation Scientists” | Not compared | None |
Compared with Farm and Home Management Educators, median $60,220. 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 farm and home management educators (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.
91% skill match · $98,700 · +64% pay
Instructing · Troubleshooting
77% skill match · $99,080 · +65% pay
Programming
76% skill match · $73,010 (broader BLS group)
Operations Analysis · Quality Control Analysis · Operations Monitoring
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary (91% skill match, median $98,700), Business Teachers, Postsecondary (77% skill match, median $99,080) and Range Managers (76% skill match, median $73,010), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 23 pay more than farm and home management educators at the median. The biggest increases: Economics Teachers, Postsecondary (+106%, $123,920), Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (+78%, $107,310) and Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary (+71%, $103,170).
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.