Order Clerks build service orientation, judgment and decision making 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 Postal Service Clerks (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 | Postal Service Clerks | 90% | $62,130 | +35% | None |
| 2 | Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 89% | $59,650 | +29% | None |
| 3 | Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 87% | $45,260 | −2% | None |
| 4 | Procurement Clerks | 86% | $50,580 | +10% | None |
| 5 | Office Clerks, General | 86% | $45,010 | −3% | None |
| 6 | Billing and Posting Clerks | 84% | $48,500 | +5% | None |
| 7 | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 83% | $69,990 | +52% | None |
| 8 | Counter and Rental Clerks | 81% | $41,300 | −11% | None |
| 9 | Postmasters and Mail Superintendents | 81% | $96,660 | +109% | None |
| 10 | Tellers | 79% | $43,030 | −7% | None |
Compared with Order Clerks, median $46,170. 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 order 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.
90% skill match · $62,130 · +35% pay
Operations Monitoring · Troubleshooting · Management of Financial Resources
89% skill match · $59,650 · +29% pay
Management of Material Resources · Management of Financial Resources · Systems Analysis
87% skill match · $45,260 · −2% pay
Operations Monitoring · Technology Design · Troubleshooting
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Postal Service Clerks (90% skill match, median $62,130), Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks (89% skill match, median $59,650) and Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (87% skill match, median $45,260), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 16 pay more than order clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (+109%, $96,660), Gambling Managers (+102%, $93,220) and Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel (+52%, $69,990).
24 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.