New Accounts Clerks build service orientation, social perceptiveness and coordination 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 Tellers (91%).
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 | Tellers | 91% | $43,030 | −10% | None |
| 2 | Bill and Account Collectors | 86% | $47,030 | −1% | None |
| 3 | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 85% | $69,990 | +47% | None |
| 4 | Loan Officers | 84% | $76,690 | +61% | Bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 84% | $78,660 | +65% | Bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 83% | $50,670 | +6% | None |
| 7 | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 83% | $49,230 | +3% | None |
| 8 | Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | 81% | $62,370 | +31% | None |
| 9 | Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 80% | $55,570 | +17% | None |
| 10 | Office Clerks, General | 80% | $45,010 | −6% | None |
Compared with New Accounts Clerks, median $47,670. 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 new accounts clerks (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.
91% skill match · $43,030 · −10% pay
Operation and Control · Troubleshooting · Instructing
86% skill match · $47,030 · −1% pay
Negotiation · Troubleshooting · Persuasion
85% skill match · $69,990 · +47% pay
Negotiation · Management of Material Resources · Systems Evaluation
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 Tellers (91% skill match, median $43,030), Bill and Account Collectors (86% skill match, median $47,030) and Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel (85% skill match, median $69,990), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 20 pay more than new accounts clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Financial Managers (+249%, $166,570), Personal Financial Advisors (+120%, $105,070) and Insurance Underwriters (+71%, $81,370).
18 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.