Highest-paying Cities for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

The top 100 highest paying cities for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers (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 title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $83,160, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers. It is followed by Urban Honolulu, Hawaii (average annual salary $81,060). 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 title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$83,160	$62,090	660
2	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$81,060	$43,380	240
3	Modesto, California	$78,630	$49,490	40
4	Fresno, California	$76,570	$48,510	80
5	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$75,600	$48,770	410
6	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$75,250	$48,540	30
7	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$74,870	$50,850	30
8	Morgantown, West Virginia	$74,120	$41,220	30
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$74,080	$45,000	110
10	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$73,440	$41,940	1,870
11	Redding, California	$73,430	$52,010	40
12	Boulder, Colorado	$73,260	$51,140	60
13	Greeley, Colorado	$73,000	$44,680	40
14	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$71,380	$38,020	120
15	Medford, Oregon	$70,830	$48,110	40
16	Salem, Oregon	$69,350	$49,480	70
17	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$67,520	$45,570	400
18	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$66,720	$35,720	60
19	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$66,190	$49,100	310
20	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$66,140	$48,630	70
21	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$65,830	$52,590	70
22	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$65,810	$48,090	40
23	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$65,010	$40,590	1,030
24	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$64,950	$36,670	30
25	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$64,750	$47,840	270
26	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$64,710	$49,290	1,690
27	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$63,870	$41,300	430
28	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$63,840	$48,100	40
29	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$63,700	$45,900	1,630
30	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$63,560	$42,710	30
31	Bismarck, North Dakota	$63,000	$39,390	50
32	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$62,530	$49,080	60
33	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$62,400	$41,930	60
34	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$62,350	$47,930	n/a
35	Bend, Oregon	$62,350	$50,140	60
36	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$62,060	$39,560	130
37	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$61,580	$39,520	n/a
38	Anchorage, Alaska	$61,420	$40,640	40
39	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$61,110	$36,990	50
40	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$61,090	$43,200	270
41	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$60,730	$47,320	40
42	Midland, Texas	$59,970	$36,910	110
43	St George, Utah	$59,930	$35,810	60
44	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$59,570	$45,130	120
45	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$59,300	$43,260	480
46	Tucson, Arizona	$59,120	$37,540	120
47	Kingston, New York	$59,090	$30,010	n/a
48	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$59,060	$36,910	1,860
49	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$59,020	$48,090	390
50	Charlottesville, Virginia	$58,540	$38,260	60
51	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$58,110	$37,200	190
52	Provo-Orem, Utah	$58,040	$36,960	190
53	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$57,630	$36,360	70
54	Wilmington, North Carolina	$57,540	$38,480	30
55	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$57,500	$36,360	250
56	Longview, Texas	$57,460	$30,710	50
57	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$57,370	$41,600	90
58	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$57,330	$37,650	100
59	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$57,060	$37,760	n/a
60	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$57,060	$37,320	1,200
61	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$56,920	$35,090	660
62	Napa, California	$56,860	$37,730	50
63	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$56,720	$50,260	240
64	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$56,570	$32,830	1,150
65	Charleston, West Virginia	$56,300	$40,880	60
66	Spokane, Washington	$56,180	$41,600	50
67	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$55,520	$37,030	1,130
68	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$55,130	$20,240	510
69	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$55,110	$42,630	n/a
70	Columbus, Ohio	$55,070	$38,130	520
71	Ocean City, New Jersey	$54,990	$39,650	30
72	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$54,960	$40,230	n/a
73	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$54,770	$42,380	280
74	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$54,730	$32,880	810
75	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$54,480	$36,890	530
76	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$54,370	$44,900	200
77	Missoula, Montana	$54,360	$39,520	50
78	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$53,990	$46,610	50
79	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$53,970	$33,860	380
80	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$53,820	$29,630	110
81	Morristown, Tennessee	$53,290	$28,520	n/a
82	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$52,760	$39,440	n/a
83	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$52,650	$42,290	40
84	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$52,630	$33,180	70
85	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$52,470	$37,310	1,210
86	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$52,020	$27,040	80
87	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$52,000	$24,520	200
88	Bellingham, Washington	$51,920	$32,780	30
89	Duluth, Wisconsin	$51,800	$38,580	40
90	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$51,740	$45,250	50
91	Salt Lake City, Utah	$51,670	$36,910	860
92	Madison, Wisconsin	$51,650	$39,390	100
93	Stockton, California	$51,640	$35,020	40
94	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$51,630	$35,660	420
95	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$51,550	$47,670	270
96	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$51,540	$37,120	1,010
97	Toledo, Ohio	$51,430	$32,070	80
98	Salinas, California	$51,340	$42,670	n/a
99	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$51,160	$31,690	1,910
100	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$51,050	$36,720	80

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