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Appraisers of Personal and Business Property

US occupation · SOC 13-2022

Job titles people report: Accredited Appraiser, Aircraft Appraiser, Appraiser, Art Appraiser, Certified Appraiser, Gem and Jewelry Appraiser, Jewelry Appraiser, Personal Property Appraiser

Pay and outlook

Median annual wage, May 2025
$67,960
Half earn more, half earn less
Middle half earn
$50,970 – $92,760
25th to 75th percentile
People employed, May 2025
57,070
Wage and salary jobs (OEWS)
Projected change, 2025–35
+3.5%
At or above the all-jobs rate (3.5% to under 7%)
Openings a year (projected)
5,200
New jobs plus replacing people who leave
Typical education to enter
Bachelor's degree
BLS

BLS publishes one wage and employment figure for property appraisers and assessors combined (code 13-2020). The pay and employment figures above are for that whole group, not for appraisers of personal and business property alone. So is the projection.

  • All figures are for the United States as a whole. Pay varies a lot by state and city.
  • Wages are for everyone working in the occupation in May 2025, at every career stage. They are not starting salaries or figures for new graduates.
  • Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025–35. They are estimates, not promises. Openings include jobs that open up when people retire or change occupation, not just new jobs.

What the work involves

Appraise and estimate the fair value of tangible personal or business property, such as jewelry, art, antiques, collectibles, and equipment. May also appraise land.

Main tasks

  • Write descriptions of the property being appraised.
  • Determine the appropriate type of valuation to make, such as fair market, replacement, or liquidation, based on the needs of the property owner.
  • Document physical characteristics of property such as measurements, quality, and design.
  • Calculate the value of property based on comparisons to recent sales, estimated cost to reproduce, and anticipated property income streams.
  • Locate and record data on sales of comparable property using specialized software, internet searches, or personal records.
  • Write and submit appraisal reports for property, such as jewelry, art, antiques, collectibles, and equipment.
  • Inspect personal or business property.
  • Create and maintain a database of completed appraisals.

Description and tasks from the O*NET® 31.0 Database.

Getting in

Typical education to enter (BLS)
Bachelor's degree
Training once hired: long-term on-the-job training
O*NET Job Zone 4
Considerable preparation
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Interests it suits

The strongest of the six O*NET interest types for this occupation, highest first. The short glosses are ours.

  • Conventional: organising information, records and procedures
  • Enterprising: leading, persuading and making business decisions
  • Realistic: hands-on work with tools, machines, plants or animals

Fields of study that lead here

From the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk, which links 9 programmes to this occupation. A link means the programme prepares people for this kind of work. It doesn't mean the programme is required, or that it's the only route.

Business

  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Accounting
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Accounting and Business/Management
  • Finance, General
  • Real Estate
  • Taxation
  • Insurance

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Where many students take business

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Visual & Performing Arts

  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation

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Where many students take visual & performing arts

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Related careers

Related occupations from the O*NET database, in its order.

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Sources

This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. CollegeMatcher has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. O*NET 31.0 Database · CC BY 4.0

Changes: we show the core tasks in the O*NET database with the highest importance ratings (up to eight, in that order), the top three O*NET interest types by score, and shortened Job Zone names. Titles, descriptions and task text are unchanged.

Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Projections, typical entry education and training: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35. Fields of study: NCES and BLS CIP 2020–SOC 2018 Crosswalk. All public domain. OEWS · Employment Projections · CIP–SOC crosswalk