Also called: Eligibility Interviewers
Eligibility Interviewers build social perceptiveness, service orientation and judgment and decision making 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 Claims and Policy Processing Clerks (86%).
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 Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 86% | $49,230 | −9% | None |
| 2 | Human Resources Specialists | 86% | $75,940 | +40% | Bachelor's degree |
| 3 | Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | 86% | $62,370 | +15% | None |
| 4 | Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 85% | $55,570 | +3% | None |
| 5 | Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | 84% | $78,210 | +44% | Bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Compliance Officers | 82% | $80,730 | +49% | Bachelor's degree |
| 7 | Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators | 82% | $78,000 | +44% | Bachelor's degree |
| 8 | Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 81% | $76,590 | +41% | None |
| 9 | Social and Community Service Managers | 81% | $80,390 | +48% | Bachelor's degree |
| 10 | Credit Counselors | 80% | $52,230 | −4% | Bachelor's degree |
Compared with Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs, median $54,210. 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 eligibility interviewers (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.
86% skill match · $49,230 · −9% pay
Quality Control Analysis · Systems Analysis · Time Management
86% skill match · $75,940 · +40% pay
Instructing · Management of Material Resources · Management of Financial Resources
86% skill match · $62,370 · +15% pay
Quality Control Analysis · Instructing · Management of Financial Resources
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks (86% skill match, median $49,230), Human Resources Specialists (86% skill match, median $75,940) and Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents (86% skill match, median $62,370), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 13 pay more than eligibility interviewers at the median. The biggest increases: Compliance Officers (+49%, $80,730), Social and Community Service Managers (+48%, $80,390) and Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists (+44%, $78,210).
18 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.