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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
13-2020 Property Appraisers and Assessors
This occupation includes the 2018 SOC occupations 13-2022 Appraisers of Personal and Business Property and 13-2023 Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate.
National estimates for Property Appraisers and Assessors
Industry profile for Property Appraisers and Assessors
Geographic profile for Property Appraisers and Assessors
National estimates for Property Appraisers and Assessors:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 62,090 |
6.0 % |
$ 36.59 |
$ 76,110 |
4.7 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 17.42 |
$ 22.39 |
$ 29.63 |
$ 40.19 |
$ 56.05 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 36,230 |
$ 46,560 |
$ 61,630 |
$ 83,600 |
$ 116,580 |
Industry profile for Property Appraisers and Assessors:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Property Appraisers and Assessors are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Property Appraisers and Assessors, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
26,790 |
0.49 |
$ 32.72 |
$ 68,050 |
| Real Estate |
19,570 |
1.08 |
$ 33.11 |
$ 68,870 |
| Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only) |
2,410 |
0.12 |
$ 41.95 |
$ 87,260 |
| Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services |
1,850 |
0.22 |
$ 35.11 |
$ 73,040 |
| Nondepository Credit Intermediation |
1,810 |
0.33 |
$ 37.13 |
$ 77,220 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Real Estate |
19,570 |
1.08 |
$ 33.11 |
$ 68,870 |
| Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
26,790 |
0.49 |
$ 32.72 |
$ 68,050 |
| Other Investment Pools and Funds |
70 |
0.36 |
$ 51.16 |
$ 106,410 |
| Nondepository Credit Intermediation |
1,810 |
0.33 |
$ 37.13 |
$ 77,220 |
| Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services |
1,850 |
0.22 |
$ 35.11 |
$ 73,040 |
Top paying industries for Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities |
90 |
0.01 |
$ 60.55 |
$ 125,940 |
| Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) |
550 |
0.03 |
$ 54.33 |
$ 113,000 |
| Other Investment Pools and Funds |
70 |
0.36 |
$ 51.16 |
$ 106,410 |
| Postal Service (Federal Government) |
30 |
0.01 |
$ 50.11 |
$ 104,220 |
| Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution |
70 |
0.02 |
$ 46.71 |
$ 97,160 |
Geographic profile for Property Appraisers and Assessors:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Property Appraisers and Assessors are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Property Appraisers and Assessors, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
5,160 |
0.29 |
0.70 |
$ 43.42 |
$ 90,310 |
| Florida |
5,110 |
0.53 |
1.31 |
$ 34.88 |
$ 72,540 |
| Texas |
4,680 |
0.35 |
0.85 |
$ 34.20 |
$ 71,130 |
| New York |
3,330 |
0.35 |
0.87 |
$ 41.27 |
$ 85,840 |
| Georgia |
2,490 |
0.52 |
1.28 |
$ 30.91 |
$ 64,290 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| South Dakota |
400 |
0.91 |
2.22 |
$ 27.52 |
$ 57,240 |
| Oklahoma |
1,330 |
0.80 |
1.95 |
$ 23.06 |
$ 47,970 |
| Vermont |
230 |
0.78 |
1.91 |
$ 25.20 |
$ 52,410 |
| Wyoming |
210 |
0.77 |
1.89 |
$ 31.94 |
$ 66,430 |
| Idaho |
610 |
0.74 |
1.82 |
$ 30.04 |
$ 62,470 |
Top paying states for Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
90 |
0.13 |
0.32 |
$ 52.73 |
$ 109,670 |
| Iowa |
700 |
0.46 |
1.11 |
$ 46.45 |
$ 96,620 |
| New Jersey |
690 |
0.16 |
0.40 |
$ 43.72 |
$ 90,940 |
| California |
5,160 |
0.29 |
0.70 |
$ 43.42 |
$ 90,310 |
| Connecticut |
630 |
0.38 |
0.93 |
$ 43.26 |
$ 89,980 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
2,070 |
0.22 |
0.53 |
$ 45.66 |
$ 94,980 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1,880 |
0.30 |
0.74 |
$ 44.00 |
$ 91,520 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
1,810 |
0.67 |
1.63 |
$ 41.60 |
$ 86,520 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
1,460 |
0.52 |
1.26 |
$ 31.94 |
$ 66,430 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
1,190 |
0.30 |
0.74 |
$ 36.57 |
$ 76,060 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
1,010 |
0.44 |
1.08 |
$ 32.34 |
$ 67,260 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
900 |
0.47 |
1.16 |
$ 43.00 |
$ 89,440 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
850 |
0.27 |
0.65 |
$ 37.48 |
$ 77,950 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
840 |
0.30 |
0.73 |
$ 35.45 |
$ 73,730 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
800 |
0.50 |
1.23 |
$ 36.32 |
$ 75,540 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Bloomington, IN |
290 |
3.98 |
9.73 |
$ 33.40 |
$ 69,480 |
| Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
40 |
1.18 |
2.89 |
$ 23.35 |
$ 48,570 |
| Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
40 |
1.08 |
2.65 |
$ 30.31 |
$ 63,040 |
| Punta Gorda, FL |
50 |
1.02 |
2.50 |
$ 27.60 |
$ 57,400 |
| Beckley, WV |
40 |
0.98 |
2.41 |
$ 21.75 |
$ 45,240 |
| Twin Falls, ID |
50 |
0.96 |
2.36 |
$ 29.60 |
$ 61,570 |
| Santa Fe, NM |
60 |
0.95 |
2.32 |
$ 26.17 |
$ 54,440 |
| Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
50 |
0.91 |
2.23 |
$ 21.45 |
$ 44,620 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
300 |
0.88 |
2.15 |
$ 20.91 |
$ 43,480 |
| Grand Junction, CO |
60 |
0.86 |
2.11 |
$ 34.10 |
$ 70,930 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Property Appraisers and Assessors:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
200 |
0.52 |
1.27 |
$ 50.86 |
$ 105,790 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
170 |
0.15 |
0.36 |
$ 50.70 |
$ 105,450 |
| Abilene, TX |
40 |
0.51 |
1.25 |
$ 49.64 |
$ 103,250 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
580 |
0.38 |
0.93 |
$ 49.62 |
$ 103,200 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
150 |
0.38 |
0.94 |
$ 49.34 |
$ 102,630 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
30 |
0.38 |
0.93 |
$ 49.02 |
$ 101,950 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
490 |
0.20 |
0.49 |
$ 48.52 |
$ 100,920 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
710 |
0.34 |
0.83 |
$ 46.60 |
$ 96,920 |
| Manchester, NH |
40 |
0.33 |
0.82 |
$ 46.20 |
$ 96,100 |
| Barnstable Town, MA |
40 |
0.44 |
1.06 |
$ 46.04 |
$ 95,750 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Property Appraisers and Assessors:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Property Appraisers and Assessors:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Property Appraisers and Assessors:
About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
United States Department of Labor
