Administrative assistants build service orientation, time management and coordination skills that every office depends on. Among the 25 careers below, Office Clerks, General match best at 91%, while Administrative Services Managers (85%) pay a BLS May 2025 median of $114,130.
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 | Office Clerks, General | 91% | $45,010 | −16% | None |
| 2 | Correspondence Clerks | 90% | $46,800 | −13% | None |
| 3 | Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 88% | $48,700 | −9% | None |
| 4 | Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 87% | $50,610 | −6% | Certificate or associate |
| 5 | Administrative Services Managers | 85% | $114,130 | +113% | Certificate or associate |
| 6 | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 85% | $69,500 | +29% | Certificate or associate |
| 7 | Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 84% | $54,210 | +1% | Certificate or associate |
| 8 | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 84% | $49,230 | −8% | None |
| 9 | Customer Service Representatives | 82% | $44,770 | −17% | None |
| 10 | Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 81% | $50,080 | −7% | None |
Compared with secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive and executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants: employment-weighted median $53,706. 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 administrative assistants’ work (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
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Running an office means juggling calendars, requests and deadlines while keeping everyone informed. O*NET rates service orientation at 3.62 out of 5 for administrative assistants, so clerk, HR and government program roles rank high. Many of them use the same software, records and scheduling habits you already have. The bigger step is into management, where your view of how an office really works is an advantage. The skills to strengthen are persuasion, instructing and negotiation.
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 · $45,010 · −16% pay
Troubleshooting · Operations Monitoring · Instructing
90% skill match · $46,800 · −13% pay
88% skill match · $48,700 · −9% pay
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Office Clerks, General (91%), Correspondence Clerks (90%) and Court, Municipal, and License Clerks (88%), based on O*NET 31.0. For a step up, Human Resources Assistants (87%) and Administrative Services Managers (85%) build directly on office experience.
9 of the 25 matches pay more than the $53,706 median for the assistants on this page. Administrative Services Managers earn $114,130 (+113%), and First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers earn $69,500 (+29%), according to BLS May 2025 data.
Not always. 16 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than an assistant role, based on O*NET Job Zones. The rest usually need a certificate or associate degree, including office supervisor, HR assistant and administrative services manager roles.
Within the same field, the nearest roles are Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (89% match) and Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (89%). Both use your core office skills but add the terms and records of a law office or a medical practice.