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Jobs for Former Self-Enrichment Teachers

Self-Enrichment Teachers build instructing, social perceptiveness 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 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (86%).

Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers

Skills you enjoy

Pick the skills you want to keep using. The list re-ranks.

Sorted by skill match.

25 careers that use your skills

  1. 1Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
    86%
    Median pay
    $72,040
    Pay change
    +54%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  2. 2Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
    85%
    Median pay
    $63,970
    Pay change
    +37%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  3. 3Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
    83%
    Median pay
    $64,370
    Pay change
    +38%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  4. 4Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
    80%
    Median pay
    $74,260
    Pay change
    +59%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  5. 5Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
    78%
    Median pay
    $62,680
    Pay change
    +34%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  6. 6Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
    78%
    Median pay
    $38,140
    Pay change
    −19%
    Extra educationNone
  7. 7Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
    77%
    Median pay
    $66,270
    Pay change
    +42%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  8. 8Special Education Teachers, Preschool
    77%
    Median pay
    $64,830
    Pay change
    +39%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  9. 9Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
    77%
    Median pay
    $65,030
    Pay change
    +39%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  10. 10Special Education Teachers, Middle School
    75%
    Median pay
    $66,810
    Pay change
    +43%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree

Compared with Self-Enrichment Teachers, median $46,800. 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.

Your transferable skills

How important each skill is in work as self-enrichment teachers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).

Instructing3.38
Social Perceptiveness3.12
Judgment and Decision Making3.00
Service Orientation3.00
Coordination3.00
Complex Problem Solving2.88

Skills to learn

The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.

  • Negotiation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Coordination
  • Service Orientation

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Your top 3 moves, up close

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.

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

86% skill match · $72,040 · +54% pay

First step

  • Most common education: Bachelor's Degree (77% of workers).
  • Usually needs a bachelor's degree — more preparation than your current job.
  • A professional certification is often expected.
  • On-the-job training: over 1 month, up to and including 3 months.

Skills to add

Negotiation · Social Perceptiveness · Systems Analysis

Is this right for you?

No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

85% skill match · $63,970 · +37% pay

First step

  • Most common education: Bachelor's Degree (78% of workers).
  • Usually needs a bachelor's degree — more preparation than your current job.
  • A professional certification is often expected.
  • On-the-job training: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year.

Skills to add

Coordination · Service Orientation · Social Perceptiveness

Is this right for you?

  • Long hours on your feet
  • Dealing with conflict is part of the job
  • Tight deadlines are common

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

83% skill match · $64,370 · +38% pay

First step

  • Most common education: Bachelor's Degree (67% of workers).
  • Usually needs a bachelor's degree — more preparation than your current job.
  • A certification can help.
  • On-the-job training: none or short demonstration.

Skills to add

Negotiation · Time Management · Instructing

Is this right for you?

  • Long hours on your feet

Similar roles in the same field

If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.

Free help near you

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Questions former self-enrichment teachers ask

What jobs can former self-enrichment teachers do?

The closest matches are Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (86% skill match, median $72,040), Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education (85% skill match, median $63,970) and Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (83% skill match, median $64,370), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.

Which self-enrichment teacher career changes pay more?

Among the 25 matches, 18 pay more than self-enrichment teachers at the median. The biggest increases: Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary (+68%, $78,620), Instructional Coordinators (+65%, $77,440) and Special Education Teachers, Secondary School (+59%, $74,260).

Do former self-enrichment teachers need another degree?

7 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones. 3 usually need a graduate degree: Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary, Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary and Instructional Coordinators.

How is the skill match calculated?

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.

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Sources. Skills, tasks and education: O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under CC BY 4.0. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Data Sources & Licenses