Tellers build social perceptiveness, service orientation 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 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks (91%).
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 | Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 91% | $50,080 | +16% | None |
| 2 | New Accounts Clerks | 89% | $47,670 | +11% | Certificate or associate |
| 3 | Brokerage Clerks | 86% | $65,750 | +53% | Certificate or associate |
| 4 | Office Clerks, General | 86% | $45,010 | +5% | None |
| 5 | Customer Service Representatives | 85% | $44,770 | +4% | None |
| 6 | Cashiers | 85% | $32,880 | −24% | None |
| 7 | Counter and Rental Clerks | 82% | $41,300 | −4% | None |
| 8 | Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 82% | $50,020 | +16% | Certificate or associate |
| 9 | Correspondence Clerks | 81% | $46,800 | +9% | None |
| 10 | Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | 81% | $36,220 | −16% | None |
Compared with Tellers, median $43,030. 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 tellers (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.
91% skill match · $50,080 · +16% pay
Programming · Management of Financial Resources · Management of Material Resources
89% skill match · $47,670 · +11% pay
Programming · Service Orientation · Systems Analysis
86% skill match · $65,750 · +53% pay
Systems Analysis · Programming · Operations Analysis
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks (91% skill match, median $50,080), New Accounts Clerks (89% skill match, median $47,670) and Brokerage Clerks (86% skill match, median $65,750), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 18 pay more than tellers at the median. The biggest increases: Gambling Managers (+117%, $93,220), Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel (+63%, $69,990) and Brokerage Clerks (+53%, $65,750).
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.