• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

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.

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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

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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

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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