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Highest-paying Cities for Property Appraisers and Assessors

The top 100 highest paying cities for property appraisers and assessors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of property appraisers and assessors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $152,300, Charlottesville, Virginia is the highest paying city for property appraisers and assessors. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $108,570). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of property appraisers and assessors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Property Appraisers and Assessors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Charlottesville, Virginia	$152,300	$37,320	40
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$108,570	$58,180	170
3	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$106,190	$86,810	60
4	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$100,860	$61,600	40
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$100,610	$60,930	490
6	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$99,940	$57,040	70
7	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$95,070	$60,350	40
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$92,940	$62,150	110
9	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$92,630	$60,090	60
10	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$89,600	$58,910	n/a

11	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$89,280	$53,720	40
12	Midland, Texas	$84,890	$52,780	60
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$84,830	$51,250	2,050
14	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$83,800	$42,760	n/a
15	Olympia, Washington	$83,750	$49,740	50
16	Danbury, Connecticut	$83,480	$59,270	70
17	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$83,210	$50,480	90
18	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$82,790	$47,910	260
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$82,730	$46,970	860
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$81,730	$50,260	730
21	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$81,670	$52,410	340
22	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$81,410	$47,990	1,470
23	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$81,060	$50,430	900
24	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$80,910	$50,240	40
25	Manchester, New Hampshire	$80,490	$25,970	40
26	Stockton, California	$79,700	$49,030	50
27	Albany, Oregon	$79,620	$50,150	40
28	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$79,200	$44,880	2,290
29	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$79,030	$44,130	40
30	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$78,980	$51,060	810
31	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$78,270	$47,920	110
32	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$77,390	$51,010	90
33	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$76,920	$28,210	60
34	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$76,880	$45,550	180
35	Fargo, North Dakota	$76,800	$52,030	50
36	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$76,460	$37,740	40
37	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama	$76,410	$35,650	50
38	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$76,180	$49,910	300
39	St Cloud, Minnesota	$76,120	$54,220	30
40	Madison, Wisconsin	$75,950	$52,920	70
41	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$75,940	$33,620	1,750
42	Rochester, Minnesota	$75,770	$48,500	50
43	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$75,730	$46,280	160
44	Ames, Iowa	$75,700	$29,690	60
45	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$75,310	$35,290	40
46	Fresno, California	$75,210	$49,580	70
47	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$75,200	$29,690	90
48	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$74,760	$46,130	160
49	Lincoln, Nebraska	$74,750	$46,520	80
50	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$73,350	$48,180	70
51	Appleton, Wisconsin	$73,210	$46,910	50
52	Gainesville, Georgia	$72,810	$31,330	150
53	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$72,790	$31,960	270
54	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$72,600	$52,380	230
55	Utica-Rome, New York	$72,510	$41,970	60
56	Salem, Oregon	$72,090	$42,630	110
57	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$72,030	$46,210	90
58	Grand Junction, Colorado	$71,410	$36,310	50
59	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$70,960	$43,830	410
60	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$70,820	$41,620	320
61	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$68,790	$49,110	90
62	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$68,420	$41,770	60
63	Sioux City, South Dakota	$68,300	$37,540	40
64	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$68,000	$35,620	60
65	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$68,000	$35,620	40
66	Waterbury, Connecticut	$67,870	$25,080	30
67	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$67,710	$49,850	40
68	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$66,970	$36,690	100
69	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$66,790	$42,640	690
70	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$66,750	$22,260	180
71	Toledo, Ohio	$66,640	$37,900	70
72	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$66,640	$40,360	130
73	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$66,630	$43,090	210
74	Syracuse, New York	$66,560	$38,950	100
75	Bend, Oregon	$66,550	$34,200	50
76	Rochester, New York	$66,380	$37,050	160
77	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$66,320	$46,260	100
78	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$66,210	$48,390	880
79	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$66,060	$51,610	100
80	Springfield, Massachusetts	$66,030	$46,880	160
81	Anchorage, Alaska	$65,880	$50,210	130
82	Duluth, Wisconsin	$65,840	$64,590	60
83	Bangor, Maine	$65,580	$43,680	40
84	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$65,250	$50,410	300
85	Columbus, Ohio	$65,080	$36,640	500
86	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$65,050	$50,360	30
87	Bismarck, North Dakota	$65,000	$47,630	30
88	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$64,850	$39,320	320
89	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$64,370	$37,260	540
90	Richmond, Virginia	$64,160	$35,060	250
91	Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida	$64,050	$34,320	30
92	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$63,920	$39,860	150
93	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$63,920	$47,270	370
94	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$63,900	$47,070	90
95	New Haven, Connecticut	$63,840	$37,670	60
96	Worcester, Massachusetts	$63,820	$42,200	110
97	Greeley, Colorado	$63,810	$51,110	60
98	Boulder, Colorado	$63,740	$51,800	80
99	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$63,700	$29,890	40
100	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$63,510	$41,960	60