Appraisers of Personal and Business Property
Appraise and estimate the fair value of tangible personal or business property, such as jewelry, art, antiques, collectibles, and equipment. May also appraise land.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
Key knowledge
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Mathematics
- Administrative
- Administration and Management
- Computers and Electronics
- Economics and Accounting
- Law and Government
What the work involves
- Calculate the value of property based on comparisons to recent sales, estimated cost to reproduce, and anticipated property income streams.
- Create and maintain a database of completed appraisals.
- 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.
- Forecast the value of property.
- Inspect personal or business property.
- Locate and record data on sales of comparable property using specialized software, internet searches, or personal records.
- Take photographs of property.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Conventional, Enterprising, Realistic.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (39.1% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (39.1%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (52.2%)
- 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 of Personal and Business Property 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 71% of occupations compared | 43% of surveyed respondents chose “Contact with others most of the time” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Higher on dealing with the public than 56% of occupations compared | 55% of surveyed respondents chose “Very important” |
| Teamwork | Very low | Lower on teamwork than 97% of occupations compared | 27% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Moderate | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 54% of occupations compared | 43% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Higher on time pressure than 50% of occupations compared | 52% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | Very low | Lower on conflict situations than 82% of occupations compared | 52% 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 | 70% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Moderate | Higher on consequence of error than 59% of occupations compared | 30% of surveyed respondents chose “Serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: very low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: moderate
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: 4.35%
- Contact with others about half the time: 17.39%
- Contact with others most of the time: 43.48%
- Constant contact with others: 34.78%
n = 23, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 4.55%
- Fairly important: 13.64%
- Important: 13.64%
- Very important: 54.55%
- Extremely important: 13.64%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 13.64%
- Fairly important: 27.27%
- Important: 22.73%
- Very important: 22.73%
- Extremely important: 13.64%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 4.35%
- Limited freedom: 17.39%
- Some freedom: 34.78%
- A lot of freedom: 43.48%
n = 23, 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: 30.43%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 52.17%
- Every day: 17.39%
n = 23, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Conflict situations
- Never: 13.04%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 52.17%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 21.74%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 13.04%
- Every day: 0%
n = 23, Occupational Expert 08/2025
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 69.57%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 26.09%
- 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: 8.7%
- Fairly serious: 21.74%
- Serious: 30.43%
- Very serious: 21.74%
- Extremely serious: 17.39%
n = 23, Occupational Expert 08/2025
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