Log Graders and Scalers build coordination, judgment and decision making 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 Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping (88%).
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 | Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 88% | $46,380 | 0% | None |
| 2 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 85% | $48,570 | +5% | None |
| 3 | Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 79% | $45,260 | −2% | None |
| 4 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 79% | $40,240 | −13% | None |
| 5 | Machine Feeders and Offbearers | 76% | $41,220 | −11% | None |
| 6 | Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | 74% | $35,730 | −23% | None |
| 7 | Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 74% | $59,650 | +29% | None |
| 8 | Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 73% | $48,540 | +5% | None |
| 9 | Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation | 72% | $46,340 | 0% | None |
| 10 | Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 72% | $58,470 | +26% | None |
Compared with Log Graders and Scalers, median $46,330. 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 log graders and scalers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
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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.
88% skill match · $46,380 · 0% pay
Quality Control Analysis · Service Orientation · Social Perceptiveness
85% skill match · $48,570 · +5% pay
Quality Control Analysis · Operations Analysis · Troubleshooting
79% skill match · $45,260 · −2% pay
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If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping (88% skill match, median $46,380), Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers (85% skill match, median $48,570) and Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (79% skill match, median $45,260), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 15 pay more than log graders and scalers at the median. The biggest increases: Postal Service Clerks (+34%, $62,130), Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters (+33%, $61,390) and Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks (+29%, $59,650).
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.