Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
Appraise real estate, exclusively, and estimate its fair value. May assess taxes in accordance with prescribed schedules.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Speaking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Monitoring
Key knowledge
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Building and Construction
- Customer and Personal Service
- Economics and Accounting
- Computers and Electronics
- Administration and Management
- Law and Government
What the work involves
- Compute final estimation of property values, taking into account such factors as depreciation, replacement costs, value comparisons of similar properties, and income potential.
- Prepare written reports that estimate property values, outline methods by which the estimations were made, and meet appraisal standards.
- Inspect new construction and major improvements to existing structures to determine values.
- Collect and analyze relevant data to identify real estate market trends.
- Inspect properties, considering factors such as market value, location, and building or replacement costs to determine appraisal value.
- Review information about transfers of property to ensure its accuracy, checking basic information on buyers, sellers, and sales prices and making corrections as necessary.
- Conduct regular reviews of property within jurisdictions to determine changes in property due to construction or demolition.
- Examine income records and operating costs of income properties.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Conventional, Enterprising, Investigative.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (54.6% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (33.3%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (41.7%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 4: Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 13-2020 (aggregate); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Low | Lower on contact with others than 77% of occupations compared | 54% of surveyed respondents chose “Contact with others most of the time” |
| Dealing with the public | Low | Lower on dealing with the public than 60% of occupations compared | 48% of surveyed respondents chose “Very important” |
| Teamwork | Very low | Lower on teamwork than 99% of occupations compared | 35% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 78% of occupations compared | 58% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very high | Higher on time pressure than 92% of occupations compared | 54% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Low | Lower on conflict situations than 72% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 77% of occupations compared | 61% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 84% of occupations compared | 39% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very high
- Conflict situations: low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 8.33%
- Contact with others about half the time: 12.5%
- Contact with others most of the time: 54.17%
- Constant contact with others: 25%
n = 24, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 13.04%
- Fairly important: 13.04%
- Important: 21.74%
- Very important: 47.83%
- Extremely important: 4.35%
n = 23, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 21.74%
- Fairly important: 34.78%
- Important: 13.04%
- Very important: 21.74%
- Extremely important: 8.7%
n = 23, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 12.5%
- Some freedom: 29.17%
- A lot of freedom: 58.33%
n = 24, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 0%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 45.83%
- Every day: 54.17%
n = 24, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Conflict situations
- Never: 12.5%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 37.5%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 37.5%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 12.5%
- Every day: 0%
n = 24, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 4.35%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 60.87%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 30.43%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 4.35%
- Every day: 0%
n = 23, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 39.13%
- Fairly serious: 26.09%
- Serious: 8.7%
- Very serious: 21.74%
- Extremely serious: 4.35%
n = 23, Occupational Expert 08/2025
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