Tax Preparers build time management, service orientation and judgment and decision making 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 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (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 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 95% | $50,670 | −8% | None |
| 2 | Brokerage Clerks | 91% | $65,750 | +20% | None |
| 3 | Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 87% | $50,020 | −9% | None |
| 4 | Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 85% | $58,260 | +6% | None |
| 5 | Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 85% | $55,570 | +1% | None |
| 6 | Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 85% | $50,080 | −9% | None |
| 7 | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 84% | $49,230 | −10% | None |
| 8 | Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 84% | $54,210 | −1% | None |
| 9 | Paralegals and Legal Assistants | 83% | $62,890 | +15% | None |
| 10 | Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | 81% | $78,210 | +42% | Bachelor's degree |
Compared with Tax Preparers, median $54,920. 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 tax preparers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
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95% skill match · $50,670 · −8% pay
Operations Monitoring · Management of Material Resources · Management of Financial Resources
91% skill match · $65,750 · +20% pay
Operations Monitoring · Management of Personnel Resources · Programming
87% skill match · $50,020 · −9% pay
Operations Monitoring · Complex Problem Solving · Social Perceptiveness
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (95% skill match, median $50,670), Brokerage Clerks (91% skill match, median $65,750) and Loan Interviewers and Clerks (87% skill match, median $50,020), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 9 pay more than tax preparers at the median. The biggest increases: Financial Managers (+203%, $166,570), Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists (+42%, $78,210) and Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators (+42%, $78,000).
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.