Library Assistants build service orientation, coordination and complex problem solving 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 Office Clerks, General (90%).
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 | Office Clerks, General | 90% | $45,010 | +22% | None |
| 2 | Library Technicians | 90% | $44,580 | +21% | Certificate or associate |
| 3 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 88% | $47,540 | +29% | None |
| 4 | Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 78% | $76,590 | +108% | Certificate or associate |
| 5 | Telephone Operators | 77% | $41,740 | +13% | None |
| 6 | Data Entry Keyers | 77% | $41,340 | +12% | None |
| 7 | Word Processors and Typists | 76% | $49,280 | +34% | None |
| 8 | Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 75% | $45,930 | +24% | None |
| 9 | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 75% | $49,230 | +33% | None |
| 10 | Postal Service Clerks | 75% | $62,130 | +68% | None |
Compared with Library Assistants, Clerical, median $36,910. 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 library 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.
90% skill match · $45,010 · +22% pay
Negotiation · Persuasion · Operation and Control
90% skill match · $44,580 · +21% pay
Operation and Control · Management of Personnel Resources · Operations Analysis
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
88% skill match · $47,540 · +29% pay
Operations Analysis · Time Management · Negotiation
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Office Clerks, General (90% skill match, median $45,010), Library Technicians (90% skill match, median $44,580) and Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (88% skill match, median $47,540), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 22 pay more than library assistants at the median. The biggest increases: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (+108%, $76,590), Postal Service Clerks (+68%, $62,130) and Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers (+59%, $58,650).
22 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.