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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers Wage and Price Data in the US (2025)

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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers search real estate records, examine titles, or summarize pertinent legal or insurance documents or details for a variety of purposes. May compile lists of mortgages, contracts, and other instruments pertaining to titles by searching public and private records for law firms, real estate agencies, or title insurance companies. Excludes "Loan Officers" (13-2072).

State Geographic Wage Rates for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Average $x.x per hour $x.x per hour $x.x per hour $x.x per hour $x.x per hour IBISWorld
Sources: IBISWorld
Geographic Area Average ($/hour) 2025 Entry level ($/hour) 2025 Medium ($/hour) 2025 Experienced ($/hour) 2025
Alabama $XX $XX $XX $XX
Alaska $XX $XX $XX $XX
Arizona $XX $XX $XX $XX
Arkansas $XX $XX $XX $XX
California $XX $XX $XX $XX
Colorado $XX $XX $XX $XX
Connecticut $XX $XX $XX $XX
Delaware $XX $XX $XX $XX
Florida $XX $XX $XX $XX
Georgia $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hawaii $XX $XX $XX $XX
Idaho $XX $XX $XX $XX
Illinois $XX $XX $XX $XX
Indiana $XX $XX $XX $XX
Iowa $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kansas $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kentucky $XX $XX $XX $XX
Louisiana $XX $XX $XX $XX
Maine $XX $XX $XX $XX
Maryland $XX $XX $XX $XX
Massachusetts $XX $XX $XX $XX
Michigan $XX $XX $XX $XX
Minnesota $XX $XX $XX $XX
Mississippi $XX $XX $XX $XX
Missouri $XX $XX $XX $XX
Montana $XX $XX $XX $XX
Nebraska $XX $XX $XX $XX
Nevada $XX $XX $XX $XX
New Hampshire $XX $XX $XX $XX
New Jersey $XX $XX $XX $XX
New Mexico $XX $XX $XX $XX
New York $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Carolina $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Dakota $XX $XX $XX $XX
Ohio $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oklahoma $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oregon $XX $XX $XX $XX
Pennsylvania $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rhode Island $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Carolina $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Dakota $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tennessee $XX $XX $XX $XX
Texas $XX $XX $XX $XX
Utah $XX $XX $XX $XX
Vermont $XX $XX $XX $XX
Virginia $XX $XX $XX $XX
Washington $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Virginia $XX $XX $XX $XX
Wisconsin $XX $XX $XX $XX
Wyoming $XX $XX $XX $XX

Metropolitan Statistical Area Wage Rates for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Code ($/hour) 2025 Average ($/hour) 2025 Entry Level ($/hour) 2025 Median ($/hour) 2025 Experienced ($/hour) 2025
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Huntsville, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Mobile, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Anchorage, AK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tucson, AZ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fort Smith, AR-OK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hot Springs, AR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Bakersfield, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fresno, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Modesto, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Santa Rosa, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Stockton-Lodi, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Boulder, CO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Colorado Springs, CO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fort Collins, CO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Grand Junction, CO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Greeley, CO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Gainesville, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jacksonville, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Ocala, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Port St. Lucie, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Punta Gorda, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tallahassee, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Boise City, ID $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Coeur d'Alene, ID $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Idaho Falls, ID $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Peoria, IL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Springfield, IL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Evansville, IN-KY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fort Wayne, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lexington-Fayette, KY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Baton Rouge, LA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lafayette, LA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Portland-South Portland, ME $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Ann Arbor, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Flint, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jackson, MS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kansas City, MO-KS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
St. Louis, MO-IL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Springfield, MO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Billings, MT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Missoula, MT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lincoln, NE $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Reno, NV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Trenton, NJ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Albuquerque, NM $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Farmington, NM $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Las Cruces, NM $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Santa Fe, NM $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rochester, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Syracuse, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Utica-Rome, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Raleigh, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Bismarck, ND $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fargo, ND-MN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Akron, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Canton-Massillon, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Columbus, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Dayton, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Toledo, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Enid, OK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lawton, OK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oklahoma City, OK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tulsa, OK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Bend-Redmond, OR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eugene, OR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Medford, OR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Salem, OR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lancaster, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Pittsburgh, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Reading, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
York-Hanover, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Charleston-North Charleston, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Columbia, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rapid City, SD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Sioux Falls, SD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Chattanooga, TN-GA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Clarksville, TN-KY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Knoxville, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Abilene, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Amarillo, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Austin-Round Rock, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
College Station-Bryan, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Corpus Christi, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
El Paso, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Killeen-Temple, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Longview, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lubbock, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Midland, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Sherman-Denison, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tyler, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Waco, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Logan, UT-ID $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Ogden-Clearfield, UT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Provo-Orem, UT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
St. George, UT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Salt Lake City, UT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Charlottesville, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lynchburg, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Richmond, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Roanoke, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kennewick-Richland, WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Charleston, WV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Morgantown, WV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Wheeling, WV-OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Green Bay, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Madison, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Casper, WY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cheyenne, WY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX

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What is the job of Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers in the US in 2025?

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers search real estate records, examine titles, or summarize pertinent legal or insurance documents or details for a variety of purposes. May compile lists of mortgages, contracts, and other instruments pertaining to titles by searching public and private records for law firms, real estate agencies, or title insurance companies. Excludes "Loan Officers" (13-2072).

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