Also called: Claims Adjusters and Investigators
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators build judgment and decision making, complex problem solving 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 Insurance Underwriters (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 | Insurance Underwriters | 93% | $81,370 | +4% | None |
| 2 | Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts | 86% | $81,100Pay for the broader BLS group “Financial Specialists, All Other” | Not compared | None |
| 3 | Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | 85% | $62,370 | −20% | None |
| 4 | Accountants and Auditors | 84% | $83,680 | +7% | None |
| 5 | Compliance Managers | 81% | $141,900Pay for the broader BLS group “Managers, All Other” | Not compared | None |
| 6 | Loan Officers | 81% | $76,690 | −2% | None |
| 7 | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 79% | $78,660 | +1% | None |
| 8 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | 79% | $149,230 | +91% | None |
| 9 | Personal Financial Advisors | 79% | $105,070 | +35% | None |
| 10 | Financial Examiners | 79% | $94,160 | +21% | None |
Compared with Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators, median $78,000. 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 claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators (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 · $81,370 · +4% pay
Operations Analysis · Instructing · Management of Material Resources
86% skill match · $81,100 (broader BLS group)
Instructing · Coordination · Complex Problem Solving
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
85% skill match · $62,370 · −20% pay
Instructing · Operation and Control · Operations Analysis
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Insurance Underwriters (93% skill match, median $81,370), Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts (86% skill match, median $81,100) and Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents (85% skill match, median $62,370), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 11 pay more than claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators at the median. The biggest increases: Financial Managers (+114%, $166,570), Compensation and Benefits Managers (+91%, $149,230) and Purchasing Managers (+90%, $148,080).
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.