Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents salary

SOC 13-2081 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$62,370

per year, nationally

Middle half

$49,450–$83,390

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

56,610

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-1.8%

4,300 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.

$42,000$114,550

10th: $42,000
25th: $49,450
Median: $62,370
75th: $83,390
90th: $114,550

Getting in

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

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

Where tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents 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	New Jersey	$96,420	108.8	1,430	0.91×
2	Alaska	$94,630	102.4	60	0.53×
3	Arizona	$92,680	100.7	230	0.19×
4	Connecticut	$89,140	103.6	940	1.52×
5	Kansas	$88,610	90.1	50	0.10×
6	Illinois	$80,720	100.0	1,350	0.61×
7	Minnesota	$79,000	98.6	1,150	1.07×
8	Ohio	$76,240	92.8	990	0.49×
9	Massachusetts	$75,560	105.8	1,260	0.95×
10	Nevada	$75,500	100.0	280	0.49×
11	California	$74,110	110.7	8,610	1.30×
12	Delaware	$72,900	99.8	110	0.60×
13	Washington	$72,850	107.0	770	0.59×
14	New York	$72,610	107.9	3,550	1.01×
15	North Dakota	$72,230	89.0	60	0.36×
16	Rhode Island	$69,870	102.3	270	1.46×
17	Colorado	$69,740	103.1	620	0.59×
18	Hawaii	$67,210	110.0	80	0.35×
19	Maryland	$66,900	105.0	560	0.56×
20	Iowa	$66,860	87.8	210	0.38×
21	Oregon	$65,830	103.4	430	0.59×
22	South Dakota	$63,790	88.6	120	0.70×
23	Montana	$63,610	94.6	130	0.67×
24	Michigan	$63,440	96.2	1,080	0.68×
25	Maine	$63,290	97.0	350	1.51×
26	North Carolina	$61,950	94.3	1,300	0.72×
27	Wyoming	$61,780	92.7	60	0.60×
28	South Carolina	$61,110	93.7	280	0.34×
29	Idaho	$61,110	95.5	300	0.98×
30	Wisconsin	$59,990	94.1	500	0.47×
31	Virginia	$59,610	101.1	1,800	1.20×
32	Nebraska	$59,150	90.1	180	0.49×
33	Vermont	$59,010	98.0	140	1.26×
34	New Hampshire	$58,610	104.2	330	1.34×
35	Texas	$58,200	97.1	3,980	0.78×
36	Alabama	$58,100	88.8	1,300	1.69×
37	Kentucky	$57,240	90.2	1,290	1.78×
38	Pennsylvania	$56,870	97.6	3,540	1.60×
39	Indiana	$56,570	93.3	550	0.47×
40	New Mexico	$56,260	92.2	190	0.59×
41	Georgia	$55,430	96.3	1,970	1.11×
42	Arkansas	$55,140	86.9	440	0.93×
43	Oklahoma	$52,480	87.8	240	0.38×
44	Tennessee	$51,630	91.9	1,850	1.55×
45	West Virginia	$50,730	89.5	290	1.13×
46	Missouri	$50,250	90.8	2,280	2.13×
47	Louisiana	$49,940	88.2	600	0.85×
48	Utah	$49,940	98.9	3,470	5.49×
49	Florida	$46,760	103.4	3,950	1.09×
50	Mississippi	$41,860	87.0	710	1.69×

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 tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents

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	Vallejo, CA	$110,780	108.5	30	0.63×
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$110,780	115.6	420	0.49×
3	Worcester, MA	$109,420	102.5	50	0.40×
4	Springfield, MA	$107,690	96.1	50	0.65×
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$105,480	106.9	130	0.89×
6	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$102,190	98.6	580	0.48×
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$99,300	110.4	250	0.60×
8	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$98,590	107.8	30	0.47×
9	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$97,680	110.5	50	0.45×
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$97,680	113.6	1,520	0.67×
11	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$96,320	103.1	510	0.34×
12	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$95,740	95.8	110	0.56×
13	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$95,490	105.1	60	0.56×
14	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$95,060	103.3	170	0.20×
15	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$94,890	109.4	50	0.54×
16	Anchorage, AK	$94,630	105.4	60	0.90×
17	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$93,840	100.9	50	0.39×
18	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$93,590	103.6	790	0.48×
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$92,540	102.7	500	2.28×
20	Cleveland, OH	$92,520	93.9	110	0.29×
21	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$91,940	106.4	360	0.57×
22	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$86,340	112.6	2,910	0.84×
23	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$86,300	111.1	300	0.40×
24	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$86,120	98.9	80	1.30×
25	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$86,060	99.8	70	1.27×
26	St. Louis, MO-IL	$83,390	95.1	160	0.32×
27	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$83,110	103.2	260	3.01×
28	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$81,790	92.7	30	0.22×
29	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$81,540	100.3	360	0.52×
30	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$81,320	108.9	960	0.84×
31	Rochester, NY	$80,610	97.0	30	0.19×
32	Tulsa, OK	$79,330	89.2	50	0.30×
33	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$79,100	111.9	370	0.66×
34	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$79,000	104.8	1,000	1.40×
35	Duluth, MN-WI	$79,000	88.8	60	1.41×
36	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$77,570	105.4	200	0.46×
37	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$77,500	100.9	200	0.67×
38	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$76,880	101.0	50	0.37×
39	Flint, MI	$76,650	93.0	50	0.95×
40	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$76,320	100.2	180	0.44×

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 tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents 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

Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents salary

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Getting in

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