Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
SOC 43-4061 · 2024-2034
Determine eligibility of persons applying to receive assistance from government programs and agency resources, such as welfare, unemployment benefits, social security, and public housing.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $65,023per year
- Projected openings
- 28,150
- Projected change
- +5.4%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Social Perceptiveness
- Writing
- Service Orientation
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $105,023 | 900 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $97,107 | 1,000 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $78,808 | 1,650 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $74,378 | 290 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $72,897 | 100 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $65,920 | 30 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $65,848 | 90 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $65,440 | 350 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $64,178 | 1,840 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $63,621 | 750 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $63,427 | 770 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $63,243 | 500 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $63,007 | 10,480 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $62,191 | 50 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $59,862 | 20 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $59,780 | 100 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $59,321 | 2,720 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $58,320 | 190 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $58,228 | 2,780 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $52,946 | 70 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $51,639 | 30 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $51,639 | 100 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $51,240 | 130 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $49,289 | 50 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $49,136 | 130 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $48,972 | 80 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $48,268 | 310 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $44,948 | 160 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 90 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | $58,953 | 11,530 | -3.5% |
| Human Resources Specialists | $84,901 | 97,470 | +10.4% |
| Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | $92,944 | 11,130 | +6.6% |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | $58,226 | 24,480 | -5.2% |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | $58,144 | 18,100 | -6.3% |
| Social and Community Service Managers | $84,606 | 35,490 | +19.3% |