Credit Counselors build complex problem solving, judgment and decision making 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 Loan Interviewers and Clerks (88%).
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 | Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 88% | $50,020 | −4% | None |
| 2 | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 88% | $78,660 | +51% | None |
| 3 | Financial Managers | 87% | $166,570 | +219% | None |
| 4 | Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 85% | $54,210 | +4% | None |
| 5 | Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | 82% | $78,210 | +50% | None |
| 6 | Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 81% | $50,080 | −4% | None |
| 7 | Social and Community Service Managers | 81% | $80,390 | +54% | None |
| 8 | Human Resources Specialists | 81% | $75,940 | +45% | None |
| 9 | Insurance Sales Agents | 81% | $62,280 | +19% | None |
| 10 | Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers | 81% | $80,730Pay for the broader BLS group “Compliance Officers” | Not compared | None |
Compared with Credit Counselors, median $52,230. 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 counselors (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.
88% skill match · $50,020 · −4% pay
Operations Monitoring · Troubleshooting · Quality Control Analysis
88% skill match · $78,660 · +51% pay
Management of Financial Resources · Programming · Management of Material Resources
87% skill match · $166,570 · +219% pay
Management of Personnel Resources · Management of Financial Resources · Management of Material Resources
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Loan Interviewers and Clerks (88% skill match, median $50,020), Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (88% skill match, median $78,660) and Financial Managers (87% skill match, median $166,570), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 19 pay more than credit counselors at the median. The biggest increases: Financial Managers (+219%, $166,570), Compensation and Benefits Managers (+186%, $149,230) and Human Resources Managers (+186%, $149,280).
24 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones. One usually needs a graduate degree: Education Administrators, Postsecondary.
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.