Occupation / job
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
Median annual pay. Half earn less than this.
Hourly at a standard 2,080-hour year. We do not yet have unpaid-time or cost data for this, so this is not an adjusted figure.
The middle half. A quarter earn below this range.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 · view
What this figure cannot tell you
It covers people EMPLOYED in this occupation. Anyone who trained for it and was never hired is not in the median above, and neither is anyone doing the work self-employed. No verified count of qualified people exists for this occupation, so this page shows none rather than an estimate. Why that matters · The occupations where we could source it
Who this suits
At $45,920, Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan lands just under the $50,020 national midpoint — $4,100 apart, inside the range a single promotion or a move between states closes.
With 148,060 in the occupation, Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan is a big field with a visible internal market. Big fields reward moving: the pay you can negotiate on arrival usually beats what the annual review will give you for staying.
These roles suit people who want indoor, scheduled work with predictable demands, and who are good at being the person who knows where things are.
No verified preparation time is on file for Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan. The wage survey behind every figure on this page asks employers what they pay, not what they required, so the honest answer here is that we do not know.
Who should not do this
A quarter of Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan earn under $38,330 and a quarter over $53,090 — 1.4x, or $14,760 apart. Narrow spreads usually mean a pay schedule, which is stability bought at the price of upside.
The 25th percentile is $38,330 — $18.42 an hour, and $11,690 below the $50,020 typical American job. Entry-level in this field means that number, not the midpoint, so budget against it.
Avoid it if absorbing other people’s frustration all day would wear you down; that is the substance of the role.
There is no failure rate on this page because there is nothing honest to divide by. BLS counted 148,060 people employed as Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan; it did not count the people who trained for it and are doing something else, and a rate built without that denominator would be a number we made up.
What the spread tells you
Top quarter to bottom quarter is 1.4x. In a band that narrow, $45,920 is a genuinely representative number for Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan and the main variable left is where you live.
In cash terms the middle half of Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan runs $38,330 to $53,090 — $14,760 a year between the 25th and 75th percentiles, against a midpoint of $45,920.
Between $38,330 and $53,090 — the two ends of the middle half — sits $45,920. Moving from the midpoint to the upper quarter is worth $7,170; the whole climb from the lower quarter is $14,760.
There is $7,590 between $38,330 and $45,920, and $7,170 between $45,920 and $53,090. The lower half of the range is marginally the longer one — worth knowing if you would be entering Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan at the bottom of it.
Converted to an hourly rate over a full-time year: $18.42 at the bottom quarter, $22.07 at the midpoint, $25.52 at the top quarter. The typical American job works out at $24.04 on the same basis.
What these figures are, and what they are not
This is payroll data: it comes from employers, about people they employ. Anyone doing the work of Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan for themselves is not in it, and there is no reason to assume $45,920 describes them.
The hourly number on this page is $45,920 divided by a 2,080-hour year and nothing more. We hold no unpaid-hours or cost data for Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan, so it is arithmetic rather than an effective rate.
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