Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks build time management, coordination 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 Brokerage Clerks (93%).
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 | Brokerage Clerks | 93% | $65,750 | +30% | None |
| 2 | Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 90% | $50,080 | −1% | None |
| 3 | Office Clerks, General | 90% | $45,010 | −11% | None |
| 4 | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 89% | $49,230 | −3% | None |
| 5 | Tax Preparers | 89% | $54,920 | +8% | None |
| 6 | Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 87% | $50,020 | −1% | None |
| 7 | Correspondence Clerks | 87% | $46,800 | −8% | None |
| 8 | Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | 87% | $62,370 | +23% | None |
| 9 | New Accounts Clerks | 86% | $47,670 | −6% | None |
| 10 | File Clerks | 84% | $43,600 | −14% | None |
Compared with Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, median $50,670. 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 bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (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.
93% skill match · $65,750 · +30% pay
Systems Analysis · Negotiation · Programming
90% skill match · $50,080 · −1% pay
Instructing · Management of Personnel Resources · Persuasion
90% skill match · $45,010 · −11% pay
Instructing · 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 Brokerage Clerks (93% skill match, median $65,750), Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks (90% skill match, median $50,080) and Office Clerks, General (90% skill match, median $45,010), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 12 pay more than bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Accountants and Auditors (+65%, $83,680), Credit Analysts (+65%, $83,510) and Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (+55%, $78,660).
21 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.