Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks build time management, social perceptiveness and service orientation 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 Bill and Account Collectors (92%).
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 | Bill and Account Collectors | 92% | $47,030 | −6% | None |
| 2 | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 89% | $49,230 | −2% | None |
| 3 | Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | 85% | $62,370 | +25% | Certificate or associate |
| 4 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 85% | $50,670 | +1% | Certificate or associate |
| 5 | Tellers | 82% | $43,030 | −14% | None |
| 6 | Billing and Posting Clerks | 82% | $48,500 | −3% | None |
| 7 | Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 82% | $58,650 | +17% | None |
| 8 | Procurement Clerks | 80% | $50,580 | +1% | None |
| 9 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 80% | $47,540 | −5% | None |
| 10 | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 79% | $69,990 | +40% | None |
Compared with Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks, median $50,080. 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 credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
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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.
92% skill match · $47,030 · −6% pay
Operations Monitoring · Persuasion · Negotiation
89% skill match · $49,230 · −2% pay
Operations Monitoring · Systems Analysis · Systems Evaluation
85% skill match · $62,370 · +25% pay
Quality Control Analysis · Operations Monitoring · Negotiation
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Bill and Account Collectors (92% skill match, median $47,030), Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks (89% skill match, median $49,230) 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, 15 pay more than credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (+93%, $96,660), Gambling Managers (+86%, $93,220) and Loan Officers (+53%, $76,690).
17 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.