Also called: Insurance Claims Clerks
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks build time management, service orientation 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 Correspondence 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 | Correspondence Clerks | 93% | $46,800 | −5% | None |
| 2 | Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 92% | $50,080 | +2% | None |
| 3 | Billing and Posting Clerks | 91% | $48,500 | −1% | None |
| 4 | Customer Service Representatives | 91% | $44,770 | −9% | None |
| 5 | Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 88% | $58,650 | +19% | None |
| 6 | Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 87% | $54,210 | +10% | Certificate or associate |
| 7 | Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 87% | $50,020 | +2% | Certificate or associate |
| 8 | Bill and Account Collectors | 87% | $47,030 | −4% | None |
| 9 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 87% | $50,670 | +3% | Certificate or associate |
| 10 | Brokerage Clerks | 85% | $65,750 | +34% | Certificate or associate |
Compared with Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks, median $49,230. 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 insurance claims and policy processing 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 · $46,800 · −5% pay
Judgment and Decision Making · Management of Personnel Resources
92% skill match · $50,080 · +2% pay
Management of Personnel Resources · Management of Financial Resources · Management of Material Resources
91% skill match · $48,500 · −1% pay
Troubleshooting · Operation and Control · Repairing
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Correspondence Clerks (93% skill match, median $46,800), Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks (92% skill match, median $50,080) and Billing and Posting Clerks (91% skill match, median $48,500), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 14 pay more than insurance claims and policy processing clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (+56%, $76,590), Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel (+42%, $69,990) and Brokerage Clerks (+34%, $65,750).
14 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.