Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

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 and the 2010 SOC occupation 13-2021 Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate.

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)
56,320	2.7 %	$30.58	$63,610	1.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$14.98	$20.18	$27.41	$37.82	$50.26
Annual Wage (2)	$31,160	$41,980	$57,010	$78,670	$104,540

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)	23,750	0.43	$28.02	$58,290
Real Estate	20,690	1.24	$31.91	$66,380
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 And 5223 only)	2,320	0.11	$37.25	$77,490
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	1,930	0.09	$29.64	$61,650
Nondepository Credit Intermediation	1,420	0.25	$33.18	$69,020

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	20,690	1.24	$31.91	$66,380
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	23,750	0.43	$28.02	$58,290
Other Investment Pools and Funds	30	0.34	$32.42	$67,440
Nondepository Credit Intermediation	1,420	0.25	$33.18	$69,020
Land Subdivision	80	0.21	$34.31	$71,370

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)	620	0.03	$44.74	$93,050
Postal Service (federal government)	50	0.01	$43.18	$89,800
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 And 5223 only)	2,320	0.11	$37.25	$77,490
Management of Companies and Enterprises	630	0.03	$36.98	$76,920
Computer Systems Design and Related Services	110	0.01	$35.92	$74,710

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)
California	4,760	0.27	0.71	$41.33	$85,970
Texas	4,600	0.37	0.97	$30.76	$63,970
Florida	4,530	0.51	1.34	$26.46	$55,050
New York	2,970	0.31	0.81	$31.43	$65,380
Georgia	2,620	0.59	1.53	$26.72	$55,570

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	600	0.86	2.24	$19.40	$40,360
Kansas	1,170	0.84	2.20	$27.65	$57,520
South Dakota	340	0.80	2.09	$22.90	$47,630
Wyoming	190	0.70	1.81	$27.03	$56,230
Idaho	470	0.65	1.70	$26.89	$55,930

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	170	0.23	0.60	$46.73	$97,200
California	4,760	0.27	0.71	$41.33	$85,970
Alaska	130	0.41	1.07	$38.54	$80,160
Washington	1,390	0.42	1.09	$38.02	$79,080
Colorado	1,460	0.54	1.42	$37.30	$77,580

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	2,200	0.23	0.59	$37.03	$77,010
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	1,780	0.65	1.69	$29.09	$60,510
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	1,620	0.35	0.90	$24.78	$51,540
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,600	0.26	0.67	$43.28	$90,020
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	1,380	0.52	1.37	$31.42	$65,350
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	1,250	0.63	1.64	$27.77	$57,750
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1,190	0.33	0.85	$34.34	$71,420
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	1,040	0.53	1.37	$36.81	$76,560
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	960	0.32	0.82	$33.56	$69,810
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	960	0.48	1.24	$41.31	$85,930