Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018

13-2021 Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate

Appraise real property and estimate its fair value. May assess taxes in accordance with prescribed schedules.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
57,900	2.5 %	$29.75	$61,870	1.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$14.27	$19.38	$26.43	$37.16	$49.32
Annual Wage (2)	$29,690	$40,310	$54,980	$77,290	$102,590

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	24,220	0.44	$26.98	$56,130
Real Estate	22,080	1.36	$31.28	$65,050
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	2,290	0.11	$29.19	$60,720
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 And 5223 only)	2,260	0.11	$36.86	$76,670
Nondepository Credit Intermediation	1,630	0.26	$32.54	$67,680

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Real Estate	22,080	1.36	$31.28	$65,050
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	24,220	0.44	$26.98	$56,130
Nondepository Credit Intermediation	1,630	0.26	$32.54	$67,680
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	1,050	0.14	$28.50	$59,280
Land Subdivision	50	0.12	$28.94	$60,200

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	610	0.03	$44.66	$92,880
Postal Service (federal government)	50	0.01	$44.52	$92,600
Oil and Gas Extraction	30	0.02	$40.87	$85,010
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	40	0.01	$37.22	$77,420
Management of Companies and Enterprises	630	0.03	$37.07	$77,100

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Texas	5,400	0.45	1.11	$28.51	$59,310
California	4,870	0.29	0.72	$40.45	$84,130
Florida	4,280	0.50	1.24	$25.91	$53,900
New York	2,960	0.31	0.79	$30.34	$63,100
Georgia	2,880	0.66	1.64	$26.23	$54,550

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
West Virginia	710	1.02	2.55	$19.57	$40,710
Wyoming	230	0.86	2.15	$28.18	$58,600
South Dakota	340	0.80	1.99	$23.61	$49,100
New Mexico	610	0.75	1.88	$21.49	$44,710
Idaho	520	0.73	1.82	$25.53	$53,090

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Nevada	380	0.28	0.71	$45.39	$94,400
District of Columbia	170	0.24	0.60	$45.06	$93,730
California	4,870	0.29	0.72	$40.45	$84,130
Colorado	1,590	0.61	1.51	$38.17	$79,390
Iowa	810	0.53	1.32	$37.83	$78,680

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

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	2,150	0.23	0.56	$35.84	$74,540
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	1,980	0.74	1.84	$28.88	$60,080
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	1,860	0.40	1.00	$27.84	$57,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,690	0.28	0.69	$42.29	$87,970
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	1,500	0.58	1.44	$31.79	$66,120
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1,380	0.39	0.96	$30.46	$63,360
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	1,130	0.38	0.94	$31.94	$66,440
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	1,020	0.52	1.30	$34.99	$72,780
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	910	0.46	1.15	$28.71	$59,720
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	910	0.29	0.72	$33.34	$69,340