• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021

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)
58,340	2.2 %	$ 33.68	$ 70,050	1.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for Property Appraisers and Assessors:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 17.08	$ 22.62	$ 29.49	$ 38.97	$ 58.07
Annual Wage (2)	$ 35,520	$ 47,040	$ 61,340	$ 81,050	$ 120,790

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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)	25,110	0.47	$ 30.22	$ 62,850
Real Estate	17,850	1.07	$ 36.66	$ 76,250
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only)	2,250	0.11	$ 42.62	$ 88,640
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	2,190	0.29	$ 26.69	$ 55,500
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	1,900	0.09	$ 31.22	$ 64,950

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	17,850	1.07	$ 36.66	$ 76,250
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	25,110	0.47	$ 30.22	$ 62,850
Nondepository Credit Intermediation	1,800	0.29	$ 38.46	$ 79,990
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	2,190	0.29	$ 26.69	$ 55,500
Oil and Gas Extraction	150	0.14	$ 57.52	$ 119,640

Top paying industries for Property Appraisers and Assessors:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers	60	0.02	$ 59.47	$ 123,690
Oil and Gas Extraction	150	0.14	$ 57.52	$ 119,640
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	610	0.03	$ 47.88	$ 99,590
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	750	0.05	$ 46.52	$ 96,750
Postal Service (federal government)	50	0.01	$ 46.14	$ 95,970

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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)
Texas	5,400	0.44	1.07	$ 40.19	$ 83,580
California	5,060	0.31	0.74	$ 40.51	$ 84,260
Florida	4,890	0.57	1.37	$ 30.51	$ 63,470
New York	3,180	0.37	0.88	$ 38.01	$ 79,060
Georgia	2,150	0.49	1.18	$ 30.24	$ 62,900

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)
Vermont	400	1.41	3.41	$ 24.49	$ 50,930
South Dakota	430	1.03	2.48	$ 24.85	$ 51,690
Kansas	1,130	0.84	2.03	$ 26.08	$ 54,250
West Virginia	470	0.72	1.74	$ 23.30	$ 48,460
Iowa	1,060	0.72	1.73	$ 38.37	$ 79,800

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	110	0.17	0.41	$ 48.77	$ 101,440
Maine	340	0.58	1.39	$ 48.14	$ 100,120
New Jersey	830	0.22	0.52	$ 43.71	$ 90,910
Minnesota	1,720	0.63	1.52	$ 42.93	$ 89,300
Washington	950	0.30	0.71	$ 41.54	$ 86,410

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	2,240	0.26	0.62	$ 42.69	$ 88,800
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	2,150	0.38	0.91	$ 40.71	$ 84,670
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	1,480	0.51	1.24	$ 45.64	$ 94,920
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	1,200	0.28	0.69	$ 42.57	$ 88,550
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	1,170	0.45	1.09	$ 31.69	$ 65,910
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	1,150	0.47	1.13	$ 36.08	$ 75,040
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	1,130	0.62	1.49	$ 47.42	$ 98,630
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	1,110	0.53	1.27	$ 24.31	$ 50,560
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1,080	0.30	0.73	$ 40.77	$ 84,800
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	870	0.33	0.79	$ 35.14	$ 73,090

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)
Ames, IA	60	1.24	2.99	$ 39.48	$ 82,110
Punta Gorda, FL	60	1.24	2.99	$ 24.15	$ 50,230
Santa Fe, NM	70	1.23	2.98	$ 24.58	$ 51,130
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	40	1.21	2.92	$ 19.54	$ 40,640
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	410	1.14	2.76	$ 37.63	$ 78,270
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC	80	1.04	2.52	(8)	(8)
Beckley, WV	40	1.01	2.43	$ 23.85	$ 49,600
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	30	0.92	2.22	$ 34.26	$ 71,250
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	100	0.89	2.15	$ 25.20	$ 52,420
Fort Smith, AR-OK	90	0.86	2.09	$ 22.02	$ 45,800