Word Processors and Typists build time management, social perceptiveness and service orientation 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 File Clerks (93%).
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 | File Clerks | 93% | $43,600 | −12% | None |
| 2 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 86% | $47,540 | −4% | None |
| 3 | Correspondence Clerks | 84% | $46,800 | −5% | None |
| 4 | Billing and Posting Clerks | 84% | $48,500 | −2% | None |
| 5 | Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 81% | $58,650 | +19% | None |
| 6 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 80% | $50,670 | +3% | Certificate or associate |
| 7 | Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 80% | $55,570 | +13% | Certificate or associate |
| 8 | Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 79% | $48,700 | −1% | None |
| 9 | Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 78% | $45,930 | −7% | None |
| 10 | Medical Records Specialists | 78% | $51,140 | +4% | Certificate or associate |
Compared with Word Processors and Typists, median $49,280. 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 word processors and typists (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.
93% skill match · $43,600 · −12% pay
Complex Problem Solving · Judgment and Decision Making · Negotiation
86% skill match · $47,540 · −4% pay
Service Orientation · Judgment and Decision Making · Complex Problem Solving
84% skill match · $46,800 · −5% pay
Judgment and Decision Making · Complex Problem Solving · Negotiation
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are File Clerks (93% skill match, median $43,600), Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (86% skill match, median $47,540) and Correspondence Clerks (84% skill match, median $46,800), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 14 pay more than word processors and typists at the median. The biggest increases: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (+55%, $76,590), Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners (+47%, $72,420) and Postal Service Clerks (+26%, $62,130).
16 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.