Also called: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive build time management, service orientation 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 Office Clerks, General (95%).
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 | 95% | $45,010 | −5% | None |
| 2 | Correspondence Clerks | 91% | $46,800 | −2% | None |
| 3 | Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 88% | $48,700 | +2% | None |
| 4 | File Clerks | 87% | $43,600 | −8% | None |
| 5 | Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 86% | $50,610 | +6% | Certificate or associate |
| 6 | Customer Service Representatives | 85% | $44,770 | −6% | None |
| 7 | Receptionists and Information Clerks | 84% | $38,010 | −20% | None |
| 8 | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 83% | $49,230 | +4% | None |
| 9 | Administrative Services Managers | 83% | $114,130 | +140% | Certificate or associate |
| 10 | Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 83% | $54,210 | +14% | Certificate or associate |
Compared with Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, median $47,540. 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 secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive (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.
95% skill match · $45,010 · −5% pay
Instructing · Troubleshooting · Persuasion
91% skill match · $46,800 · −2% pay
Persuasion · Judgment and Decision Making
88% skill match · $48,700 · +2% pay
Systems Analysis · Management of Financial Resources
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Office Clerks, General (95% skill match, median $45,010), Correspondence Clerks (91% skill match, median $46,800) and Court, Municipal, and License Clerks (88% skill match, median $48,700), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 13 pay more than secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive at the median. The biggest increases: Administrative Services Managers (+140%, $114,130), First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers (+46%, $69,500) and Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers (+23%, $58,650).
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.