How people get into Office Clerks, General

What it takes to do this work

We do not hold a licence requirement for this one. That usually means the route in is hiring and training rather than a classroom, but we would rather tell you we cannot see one than promise there is nothing to it.

The jobs people hold first

These are the jobs people hold before moving into this one. Doing one of them is not the only way in, and it is not a requirement. It is the route the data can actually see.

Work people come from	Typical pay	Step up	Evidence
Receptionists and Information Clerks No licence we can see I do this now →	$37,050	+$8,880	Related work
Data Entry Keyers No licence we can see I do this now →	$40,550	+$5,380	Related work
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan No licence we can see I do this now →	$44,890	+$1,040	Related work
File Clerks No licence we can see I do this now →	$38,130	+$7,800	Related work
Order Clerks No licence we can see I do this now →	$44,720	+$1,210	Related work
Library Assistants, Clerical No licence we can see I do this now →	$25,890	+$20,040	Related work
Library Technicians No licence we can see I do this now →	$36,760	+$9,170	Related work
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service No licence we can see I do this now →	$37,980	+$7,950	Related work

Related work The federal O*NET occupation index lists this as related to your kind of work, because the two share skills and day-to-day activities. It is a match on the work itself, not a record of people moving between them.

We keep those labels apart because they are different strength claims, and none of them means we watched individual people make the move.

Routes that already pay more than office clerks, general are left out, because those are side moves rather than ways in. So are routes needing more schooling than you told us about.

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