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title: "Loan Interviewer and Clerk"
description: "Interview loan applicants to elicit information; investigate applicants' backgrounds and verify references; prepare loan request papers; and forward…"
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last-updated: "2026-08-23T15:56:39.581Z"
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# Loan Interviewer and Clerk

**Category:** Office and Administrative Support · **SOC code:** 43-4131 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 43-4131.00

Interview loan applicants to elicit information; investigate applicants' backgrounds and verify references; prepare loan request papers; and forward findings, reports, and documents to appraisal department. Review loan papers to ensure completeness, and complete transactions between loan establishment, borrowers, and sellers upon approval of loan.

Also advertised as: Closer; Licensed Loan Officer Assistant; Loan Analyst; Loan Clerk; Loan Closer; Loan Originator; Loan Processor; Mortgage Broker.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $50,020 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $24.05/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $37,330 to $69,770, with the middle half between $45,120 and $60,600
- **Total US employment:** 164,790
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Some preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** -2.3% over 2024–2034 (BLS EP, 2024–2034)
- **Annual job openings:** 13,300 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 20/100 — 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 164,790 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $37,330 |
| 25th | $45,120 |
| 50th (median) | $50,020 |
| 75th | $60,600 |
| 90th | $69,770 |
| Mean (average) | $52,520 |

### 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DC | $77,080 | $70,136 | 140 |
| MD | $59,430 | $56,622 | 1,590 |
| CT | $58,980 | $56,925 | 970 |
| MA | $58,940 | $55,732 | 2,080 |
| NJ | $58,760 | $54,005 | 3,620 |
| WA | $58,740 | $54,891 | 3,290 |
| NY | $58,120 | $53,854 | 4,780 |
| NC | $57,780 | $61,256 | 4,800 |
| DE | $57,760 | $57,871 | 950 |
| OR | $57,650 | $55,775 | 1,920 |
| CA | $57,300 | $51,752 | 14,680 |
| NV | $57,070 | $57,082 | 1,520 |
| CO | $56,760 | $55,079 | 2,500 |
| NH | $56,040 | $53,799 | 520 |
| HI | $55,410 | $50,395 | 450 |

37 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 52 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/loan-interviewer-and-clerk/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/loan-interviewer-and-clerk.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 177,600 in the 2024–2034 base year to 173,500 by the end of the cycle — a loss of 4,100 jobs, or -2.3%. Declining: -2.3% against 3.1% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 13,300 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 | 42.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 38.3% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 12.1% |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 6.7% |
| Some College Courses | 0.1% |

## What the work involves

- Verify and examine information and accuracy of loan application and closing documents.
- Contact credit bureaus, employers, and other sources to check applicants' credit and personal references.
- Answer questions and advise customers regarding loans and transactions.
- File and maintain loan records.
- Prepare and type loan applications, closing documents, legal documents, letters, forms, government notices, and checks, using computers.
- Assemble and compile documents for loan closings, such as title abstracts, insurance forms, loan forms, and tax receipts.
- Contact customers by mail, telephone, or in person concerning acceptance or rejection of applications.
- Check value of customer collateral to be held as loan security.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Active Listening — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.0 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.

- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.3 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
- Instructing — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administrative — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Law and Government — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Recognition — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Clarity — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.8 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), Enterprising (E), Social (S).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| C — Conventional | 6.92 |
| E — Enterprising | 4.61 |
| S — Social | 3.40 |
| I — Investigative | 2.18 |
| R — Realistic | 1.00 |
| A — Artistic | 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 | 80.9 |
| ESTJ | 80.4 |
| ISFJ | 73.5 |
| ISTJ | 67.2 |
| ENTJ | 61.6 |

Best-fitting types: ESFJ, ESTJ.

## Related occupations

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

- [Loan Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/loan-officer) — median $76,690
- [Credit Authorizer, Checker, and Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/credit-authorizer-checker-and-clerk) — median $50,080
- [Credit Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/credit-analyst) — median $83,510
- [Credit Counselor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/credit-counselor) — median $52,230
- [Bill and Account Collector](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bill-and-account-collector) — median $47,030
- [Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bookkeeping-accounting-and-auditing-clerk) — median $50,670
- [New Accounts Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/new-accounts-clerk) — median $47,670
- [Brokerage Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/brokerage-clerk) — median $65,750
- [Insurance Claim and Policy Processing Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/insurance-claim-and-policy-processing-clerk) — median $49,230
- [Security, Commodity, and Financial Services Sales Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/security-commodity-and-financial-services-sales-agent) — median $78,660

## 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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