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title: "Interviewer, Except Eligibility and Loan"
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# Interviewer, Except Eligibility and Loan

**Category:** Office and Administrative Support · **SOC code:** 43-4111 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 43-4111.00

Interview persons by telephone, mail, in person, or by other means for the purpose of completing forms, applications, or questionnaires. Ask specific questions, record answers, and assist persons with completing form. May sort, classify, and file forms.

Also advertised as: Admissions Clerk; Admissions Representative; Admitting Representative; Data Collection Assistant; Interviewer; Market Research Interviewer; Registration Clerk; Research Interviewer.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $45,920 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $22.08/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $33,900 to $62,810, with the middle half between $38,330 and $53,090
- **Total US employment:** 148,060
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Some preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** -11.6% over 2024–2034 (BLS EP, 2024–2034)
- **Annual job openings:** 15,800 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 28/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 148,060 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $33,900 |
| 25th | $38,330 |
| 50th (median) | $45,920 |
| 75th | $53,090 |
| 90th | $62,810 |
| Mean (average) | $47,240 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA | $56,880 | $51,373 | 22,250 |
| NY | $55,410 | $51,343 | 9,260 |
| WA | $51,090 | $47,742 | 3,050 |
| OR | $50,730 | $49,080 | 1,710 |
| MA | $50,340 | $47,600 | 3,050 |
| MN | $49,980 | $50,679 | 1,950 |
| RI | $49,780 | $48,670 | 370 |
| DC | $49,730 | $45,250 | 640 |
| CO | $49,660 | $48,189 | 5,360 |
| VT | $49,480 | $50,511 | 380 |
| DE | $49,010 | $49,104 | 570 |
| NH | $48,890 | $46,935 | 1,390 |
| CT | $47,980 | $46,308 | 1,210 |
| AK | $47,630 | $46,532 | 80 |
| MD | $47,550 | $45,303 | 2,510 |

36 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 51 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/interviewer/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/interviewer.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 164,300 in the 2024–2034 base year to 145,100 by the end of the cycle — a loss of 19,100 jobs, or -11.6%. Declining: -11.6% against 3.1% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 15,800 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2024–2034.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** High school diploma or equivalent (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Some preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Short-term on-the-job training.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma | 42.4% |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 33.5% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 17.1% |
| Some College Courses | 5.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 0.9% |
| Master's Degree | 0.2% |

## What the work involves

- Ask questions in accordance with instructions to obtain various specified information, such as person's name, address, age, religious preference, or state of residency.
- Meet with supervisor daily to submit completed assignments and discuss progress.
- Identify and report problems in obtaining valid data.
- Perform patient services, such as answering the telephone or assisting patients with financial or medical questions.
- Review data obtained from interview for completeness and accuracy.
- Supervise or train other staff members.
- Ensure payment for services by verifying benefits with the person's insurance provider or working out financing options.
- Perform office duties, such as telemarketing or customer service inquiries, maintaining staff records, billing patients, or receiving payments.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Active Listening — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Negotiation — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Instructing — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administrative — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Recognition — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Clarity — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Conventional (C), Social (S), Enterprising (E).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| C — Conventional | 6.01 |
| S — Social | 4.12 |
| E — Enterprising | 3.66 |
| I — Investigative | 1.92 |
| A — Artistic | 1.38 |
| R — Realistic | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESFJ | 83.8 |
| ISFJ | 74.8 |
| ESTJ | 74.2 |
| ENFJ | 65.8 |
| ISTJ | 58.5 |

Best-fitting types: ESFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Eligibility Interviewer, Government Programs](https://nuecareer.com/careers/eligibility-interviewer-government-programs) — median $54,210
- [Patient Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/patient-representative) — median $50,290
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general) — median $45,010
- [Human Resources Assistant, Except Payroll and Timekeeping](https://nuecareer.com/careers/human-resources-assistant) — median $50,610
- [Receptionist and Information Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/receptionist-and-information-clerk) — median $38,010
- [Medical Secretary and Administrative Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-secretary-and-administrative-assistant) — median $45,930
- [Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secretary-and-administrative-assistant) — median $47,540
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative) — median $44,770
- [Correspondence Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/correspondence-clerk) — median $46,800
- [Health Information Technologist and Medical Registrar](https://nuecareer.com/careers/health-information-technologist-and-medical-registrar) — median $68,020

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 30.3 Database, May 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2024–2034. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2024–2034 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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