Also called: Legal Secretaries
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 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 Paralegals and Legal Assistants (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 | Paralegals and Legal Assistants | 92% | $62,890 | +13% | None |
| 2 | Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 88% | $54,210 | −2% | None |
| 3 | Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 88% | $48,700 | −12% | None |
| 4 | Medical Records Specialists | 86% | $51,140 | −8% | None |
| 5 | Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 85% | $50,610 | −9% | None |
| 6 | Correspondence Clerks | 85% | $46,800 | −16% | None |
| 7 | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 83% | $49,230 | −11% | None |
| 8 | Private Detectives and Investigators | 83% | $51,220 | −8% | None |
| 9 | Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | 81% | $62,370 | +12% | None |
| 10 | Tax Preparers | 81% | $54,920 | −1% | None |
Compared with Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, median $55,570. 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 legal secretaries and administrative assistants (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.
92% skill match · $62,890 · +13% pay
Negotiation · Persuasion · Programming
88% skill match · $54,210 · −2% pay
Negotiation · Social Perceptiveness · Service Orientation
88% skill match · $48,700 · −12% pay
Management of Material Resources · Management of Financial Resources · Systems Analysis
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Paralegals and Legal Assistants (92% skill match, median $62,890), Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs (88% skill match, median $54,210) and Court, Municipal, and License Clerks (88% skill match, median $48,700), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 9 pay more than legal secretaries and administrative assistants at the median. The biggest increases: Administrative Services Managers (+105%, $114,130), Compliance Officers (+45%, $80,730) and Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners (+30%, $72,420).
23 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.