Loan Interviewers and Clerks build complex problem solving, judgment and decision making 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 Loan Officers (89%).
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 | Loan Officers | 89% | $76,690 | +53% | Bachelor's degree |
| 2 | Bill and Account Collectors | 89% | $47,030 | −6% | None |
| 3 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 87% | $50,670 | +1% | None |
| 4 | Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | 87% | $62,370 | +25% | None |
| 5 | Tax Preparers | 87% | $54,920 | +10% | None |
| 6 | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 86% | $49,230 | −2% | None |
| 7 | Credit Counselors | 86% | $52,230 | +4% | Bachelor's degree |
| 8 | Credit Analysts | 85% | $83,510 | +67% | Bachelor's degree |
| 9 | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 84% | $78,660 | +57% | Bachelor's degree |
| 10 | Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 84% | $58,650 | +17% | None |
Compared with Loan Interviewers and Clerks, median $50,020. 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 loan interviewers and clerks (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
Free and low-cost training: use the CareerOneStop training finder below.
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.
89% skill match · $76,690 · +53% pay
Management of Material Resources · Management of Personnel Resources · Judgment and Decision Making
89% skill match · $47,030 · −6% pay
Persuasion · Management of Material Resources
87% skill match · $50,670 · +1% pay
Management of Material Resources
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Loan Officers (89% skill match, median $76,690), Bill and Account Collectors (89% skill match, median $47,030) and Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (87% skill match, median $50,670), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 20 pay more than loan interviewers and clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Financial Managers (+233%, $166,570), Personal Financial Advisors (+110%, $105,070) and Financial Examiners (+88%, $94,160).
16 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.