Patient Representatives 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 Community Health Workers (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 | Community Health Workers | 90% | $51,850 | — | Bachelor's degree |
| 2 | Social and Human Service Assistants | 89% | $45,930 | — | Bachelor's degree |
| 3 | Health Education Specialists | 84% | $64,070 | — | Bachelor's degree |
| 4 | Child, Family, and School Social Workers | 81% | $59,550 | — | Bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 80% | $54,210 | — | None |
| 6 | Speech-Language Pathology Assistants | 79% | $48,430Pay for the broader BLS group “Healthcare Support Workers, All Other” | Not compared | None |
| 7 | Medical Assistants | 78% | $45,690 | — | None |
| 8 | Occupational Therapy Assistants | 76% | $72,300 | — | None |
| 9 | Residential Advisors | 76% | $42,240 | — | None |
| 10 | Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 75% | $45,920 | — | None |
Compared with Patient Representatives, median —. 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 patient representatives (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.
90% skill match · $51,850
Instructing · Operation and Control · Systems Analysis
89% skill match · $45,930
Operation and Control · Operations Analysis · Quality Control Analysis
84% skill match · $64,070
Operations Analysis · Systems Analysis · Operation and Control
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Community Health Workers (90% skill match, median $51,850), Social and Human Service Assistants (89% skill match, median $45,930) and Health Education Specialists (84% skill match, median $64,070), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
None of the 25 closest matches pays more than patient representatives at the national median (BLS May 2025). Higher-paying moves usually need more training.
12 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones. 3 usually need a graduate degree: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers, Healthcare Social Workers and Rehabilitation Counselors.
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.