• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

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)
59,970	2.4 %	$ 38.68	$ 80,460	7.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for Property Appraisers and Assessors:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 17.16	$ 22.37	$ 29.60	$ 39.88	$ 56.54
Annual Wage (2)	$ 35,700	$ 46,530	$ 61,560	$ 82,950	$ 117,600

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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)	26,800	0.50	$ 31.65	$ 65,830
Real Estate	17,160	0.96	$ 34.00	$ 70,720
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	2,230	0.10	$ 31.06	$ 64,600
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only)	2,180	0.11	$ 41.32	$ 85,950
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	2,000	0.24	$ 29.43	$ 61,210

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	17,160	0.96	$ 34.00	$ 70,720
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	26,800	0.50	$ 31.65	$ 65,830
Nondepository Credit Intermediation	1,850	0.30	$ 37.65	$ 78,310
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	2,000	0.24	$ 29.43	$ 61,210
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only)	2,180	0.11	$ 41.32	$ 85,950

Top paying industries for Property Appraisers and Assessors:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	540	0.03	$ 61.81	$ 128,570
Oil and Gas Extraction	70	0.07	$ 51.76	$ 107,670
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	540	0.03	$ 50.21	$ 104,430
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	650	0.05	$ 45.63	$ 94,910
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	(8)	(8)	$ 44.06	$ 91,650

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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	5,180	0.40	0.98	$ 34.99	$ 72,770
California	4,970	0.28	0.69	$ 42.25	$ 87,880
Florida	4,620	0.50	1.24	$ 35.89	$ 74,660
New York	3,030	0.33	0.82	$ 41.50	$ 86,320
Georgia	2,970	0.64	1.59	$ 29.61	$ 61,590

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	390	1.33	3.28	$ 22.25	$ 46,270
South Dakota	440	1.00	2.48	$ 26.45	$ 55,020
Alaska	250	0.80	1.98	$ 34.52	$ 71,810
Wyoming	210	0.78	1.91	$ 34.35	$ 71,450
New Mexico	550	0.67	1.66	$ 24.41	$ 50,780

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	0.33	$ 51.90	$ 107,960
California	4,970	0.28	0.69	$ 42.25	$ 87,880
Massachusetts	1,280	0.36	0.89	$ 41.63	$ 86,590
New York	3,030	0.33	0.82	$ 41.50	$ 86,320
Connecticut	510	0.31	0.78	$ 41.21	$ 85,710

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	2,290	0.25	0.61	$ 43.79	$ 91,070
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	2,050	0.34	0.83	$ 42.74	$ 88,890
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	1,820	0.67	1.64	$ 30.43	$ 63,290
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	1,750	0.40	0.98	(8)	(8)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	1,470	0.56	1.38	$ 46.23	$ 96,150
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	1,250	0.41	1.01	$ 36.82	$ 76,590
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	1,230	0.55	1.37	$ 28.46	$ 59,210
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1,110	0.29	0.72	$ 36.80	$ 76,540
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	900	0.48	1.18	$ 41.54	$ 86,410
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	880	0.57	1.41	$ 36.98	$ 76,920

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)
Gainesville, GA	150	1.55	3.82	$ 31.71	$ 65,950
Santa Fe, NM	80	1.26	3.11	$ 25.31	$ 52,640
Victoria, TX	50	1.25	3.08	$ 29.20	$ 60,740
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	40	1.14	2.80	$ 21.64	$ 45,000
San Angelo, TX	50	1.11	2.74	$ 29.47	$ 61,290
St. George, UT	80	0.99	2.45	$ 23.99	$ 49,900
Longview, TX	90	0.98	2.42	$ 27.41	$ 57,010
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	40	0.96	2.37	$ 32.80	$ 68,230
Houma-Thibodaux, LA	70	0.90	2.22	$ 23.60	$ 49,080
Danbury, CT	70	0.87	2.15	$ 46.98	$ 97,710