Property Appraisers and Assessors salary

SOC 13-2020 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$67,960

per year, nationally

Middle half

$50,970–$92,760

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

57,070

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.8%

6,300 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$40,030$122,660

10th: $40,030
25th: $50,970
Median: $67,960
75th: $92,760
90th: $122,660

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Long-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where property appraisers and assessors earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$107,980	109.9	110	0.43×
2	New Jersey	$92,390	108.8	1,190	0.76×
3	Massachusetts	$91,750	105.8	1,100	0.82×
4	California	$88,900	110.7	6,380	0.95×
5	Connecticut	$86,050	103.6	630	1.01×
6	Washington	$83,710	107.0	1,150	0.88×
7	Minnesota	$83,400	98.6	1,380	1.27×
8	Maine	$80,930	97.0	230	0.96×
9	Alaska	$80,330	102.4	200	1.63×
10	Iowa	$80,160	87.8	630	1.10×
11	Hawaii	$79,860	110.0	130	0.57×
12	New York	$78,060	107.9	2,860	0.81×
13	Maryland	$77,610	105.0	660	0.65×
14	Virginia	$76,080	101.1	1,540	1.02×
15	Rhode Island	$75,900	102.3	280	1.51×
16	Colorado	$75,150	103.1	1,060	1.01×
17	New Hampshire	$74,670	104.2	250	0.98×
18	Wisconsin	$68,660	94.1	820	0.76×
19	North Carolina	$66,700	94.3	2,210	1.22×
20	Texas	$65,840	97.1	5,240	1.01×
21	Florida	$65,620	103.4	2,830	0.78×
22	North Dakota	$65,210	89.0	240	1.50×
23	Nebraska	$64,770	90.1	400	1.07×
24	Michigan	$64,270	96.2	1,960	1.21×
25	Idaho	$63,410	95.5	500	1.58×
26	Ohio	$63,410	92.8	1,220	0.60×
27	South Dakota	$63,350	88.6	510	3.03×
28	Louisiana	$62,910	88.2	600	0.85×
29	Georgia	$62,460	96.3	2,490	1.39×
30	Tennessee	$62,350	91.9	1,060	0.88×
31	Montana	$62,250	94.6	250	1.34×
32	Alabama	$61,370	88.8	600	0.77×
33	Wyoming	$60,860	92.7	260	2.57×
34	Indiana	$60,350	93.3	1,940	1.65×
35	Illinois	$60,150	100.0	1,700	0.76×
36	South Carolina	$59,110	93.7	1,000	1.19×
37	Kentucky	$58,850	90.2	140	0.19×
38	Nevada	$57,960	100.0	600	1.06×
39	Pennsylvania	$57,920	97.6	1,430	0.64×
40	Delaware	$57,610	99.8	130	0.71×
41	Missouri	$57,380	90.8	1,560	1.45×
42	Utah	$56,100	98.9	760	1.20×
43	Mississippi	$54,530	87.0	520	1.22×
44	Oregon	$54,460	103.4	810	1.13×
45	Kansas	$51,390	90.1	780	1.48×
46	Arizona	$51,250	100.7	1,670	1.41×
47	Arkansas	$50,840	86.9	810	1.68×
48	New Mexico	$50,550	92.2	530	1.67×
49	Oklahoma	$49,990	87.8	920	1.47×
50	West Virginia	$44,940	89.5	470	1.81×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where property appraisers and assessors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for property appraisers and assessors

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$105,580	115.6	650	0.75×
2	Vallejo, CA	$103,510	108.5	30	0.61×
3	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$102,840	108.6	70	1.52×
4	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$99,850	111.9	440	0.78×
5	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$99,800	104.8	700	0.98×
6	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$98,950	103.2	40	0.41×
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$98,020	111.1	590	0.77×
8	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$96,220	106.7	370	0.93×
9	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$96,010	98.9	40	0.64×
10	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$95,730	108.8	40	0.60×
11	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$94,230	108.3	740	0.75×
12	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$92,370	91.7	190	1.28×
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$91,600	113.6	2,240	0.97×
14	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$91,280	105.7	80	1.15×
15	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$91,230	107.8	70	0.91×
16	Montgomery, AL	$90,800	89.7	30	0.54×
17	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$89,690	106.9	190	1.28×
18	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$89,280	102.7	180	0.79×
19	Cedar Rapids, IA	$89,270	89.0	40	0.74×
20	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$87,160	101.8	280	1.07×
21	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$86,260	106.4	550	0.88×
22	Redding, CA	$85,240	100.7	40	1.39×
23	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$84,490	103.7	40	0.82×
24	Barnstable Town, MA	$84,360	98.4	40	1.18×
25	New Haven, CT	$83,330	104.6	90	0.85×
26	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$82,920	112.6	2,590	0.74×
27	Utica-Rome, NY	$82,640	92.7	60	1.45×
28	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$82,430	99.8	70	1.18×
29	Rochester, MN	$82,320	90.8	40	0.84×
30	Fresno, CA	$82,310	102.2	140	0.79×
31	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$82,150	108.9	830	0.72×
32	Worcester, MA	$82,100	102.5	110	0.87×
33	Urban Honolulu, HI	$81,890	111.0	90	0.56×
34	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$81,760	110.4	—	—
35	Boise City, ID	$81,360	98.4	180	1.24×
36	Richmond, VA	$81,270	97.9	290	1.20×
37	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$81,120	100.4	40	0.92×
38	Fargo, ND-MN	$80,980	90.9	80	1.42×
39	Duluth, MN-WI	$80,860	88.8	60	1.27×
40	St. Cloud, MN	$80,510	87.6	30	0.79×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where property appraisers and assessors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Accountants and Auditors$83,680
Financial and Investment Analysts$102,740
Loan Officers$76,690
Personal Financial Advisors$105,070
Financial Specialists, All Other$81,100
Insurance Underwriters$81,370
Tax Preparers$54,920
Financial Examiners$94,160

Property Appraisers and Assessors salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where property appraisers and assessors earn the most

Best paying metro areas for property appraisers and assessors

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