Judicial Law Clerks build complex problem solving, judgment and decision making and time management 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 Paralegals and Legal Assistants (83%).
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 | Paralegals and Legal Assistants | 83% | $62,890 | −3% | None |
| 2 | Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts | 83% | $81,100Pay for the broader BLS group “Financial Specialists, All Other” | Not compared | None |
| 3 | Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers | 81% | $80,730Pay for the broader BLS group “Compliance Officers” | Not compared | None |
| 4 | Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 78% | $55,570 | −14% | None |
| 5 | Compliance Officers | 78% | $80,730 | +24% | None |
| 6 | Law Teachers, Postsecondary | 76% | $128,500 | +98% | None |
| 7 | Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators | 76% | $78,000 | +20% | None |
| 8 | Intelligence Analysts | 76% | $93,790Pay for the broader BLS group “Detectives and Criminal Investigators” | Not compared | None |
| 9 | Compliance Managers | 75% | $141,900Pay for the broader BLS group “Managers, All Other” | Not compared | None |
| 10 | Regulatory Affairs Specialists | 72% | $80,730Pay for the broader BLS group “Compliance Officers” | Not compared | None |
Compared with Judicial Law Clerks, median $64,920. 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 judicial law 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.
83% skill match · $62,890 · −3% pay
Operations Monitoring · Service Orientation · Programming
83% skill match · $81,100 (broader BLS group)
Management of Personnel Resources · Management of Financial Resources · Judgment and Decision Making
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
81% skill match · $80,730 (broader BLS group)
Social Perceptiveness · Systems Analysis · Systems Evaluation
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Paralegals and Legal Assistants (83% skill match, median $62,890), Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts (83% skill match, median $81,100) and Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers (81% skill match, median $80,730), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 14 pay more than judicial law clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Political Scientists (+119%, $142,080), Law Teachers, Postsecondary (+98%, $128,500) and Labor Relations Specialists (+47%, $95,420).
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.