Vocational Index

Career

Property appraisers and assessors

Estimate what land and buildings are worth.

$67,960
Median pay
+3.5%
Job growth, 2025–35
5,200
Openings a year
Bachelor's degree
Typical education
4 years
Typical time after high school

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The work

What people in this job do

BLS groups several smaller occupations under this title, so O*NET does not publish task detail for it.

The outlook

How the forecast changed this year

2024–34 edition+3.8%2025–35 edition+3.5%
Projected 10-year growth in last year's and this year's BLS projections. 6,300 → 5,200 openings a year.

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    Sources

    1. BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
    2. BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
    3. O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
    4. CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.