Postal Service Clerks build service orientation, social perceptiveness and time management 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 Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (82%).
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 | Postmasters and Mail Superintendents | 82% | $96,660 | +56% | None |
| 2 | Order Clerks | 78% | $46,170 | −26% | None |
| 3 | Procurement Clerks | 76% | $50,580 | −19% | None |
| 4 | Office Clerks, General | 76% | $45,010 | −28% | None |
| 5 | Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 75% | $58,650 | −6% | None |
| 6 | First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers | 75% | $63,820 | +3% | None |
| 7 | Billing and Posting Clerks | 75% | $48,500 | −22% | None |
| 8 | Tellers | 73% | $43,030 | −31% | None |
| 9 | Flight Attendants | 72% | $63,580 | +2% | None |
| 10 | Gambling Managers | 71% | $93,220 | +50% | None |
Compared with Postal Service Clerks, median $62,130. 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 postal service 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.
82% skill match · $96,660 · +56% pay
Management of Personnel Resources · Negotiation · Coordination
78% skill match · $46,170 · −26% pay
Negotiation · Persuasion · Service Orientation
76% skill match · $50,580 · −19% pay
Complex Problem Solving · Negotiation · Management of Personnel Resources
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 Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (82% skill match, median $96,660), Order Clerks (78% skill match, median $46,170) and Procurement Clerks (76% skill match, median $50,580), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 8 pay more than postal service clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (+56%, $96,660), Gambling Managers (+50%, $93,220) and Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage (+26%, $78,240).
22 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.