Also called: Medical Secretaries
Medical Secretaries and Administrative 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 (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 | Office Clerks, General | 89% | $45,010 | −2% | None |
| 2 | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 87% | $49,230 | +7% | None |
| 3 | Receptionists and Information Clerks | 87% | $38,010 | −17% | None |
| 4 | Customer Service Representatives | 86% | $44,770 | −3% | None |
| 5 | Medical Records Specialists | 84% | $51,140 | +11% | Certificate or associate |
| 6 | Billing and Posting Clerks | 82% | $48,500 | +6% | None |
| 7 | Medical Assistants | 80% | $45,690 | −1% | Certificate or associate |
| 8 | Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 80% | $50,610 | +10% | Certificate or associate |
| 9 | Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 80% | $45,920 | 0% | Certificate or associate |
| 10 | Correspondence Clerks | 79% | $46,800 | +2% | None |
Compared with Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, median $45,930. 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 medical 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.
89% skill match · $45,010 · −2% pay
Negotiation · Quality Control Analysis · Instructing
87% skill match · $49,230 · +7% pay
Negotiation · Persuasion · Systems Evaluation
87% skill match · $38,010 · −17% pay
Quality Control Analysis · Persuasion · Instructing
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Office Clerks, General (89% skill match, median $45,010), Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks (87% skill match, median $49,230) and Receptionists and Information Clerks (87% skill match, median $38,010), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 14 pay more than medical secretaries and administrative assistants at the median. The biggest increases: Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers (+28%, $58,650), Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks (+27%, $58,260) and Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs (+18%, $54,210).
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.