Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers · SOC 23-2093

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searcherss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 162 metro areas

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Midland, TX	$112,420	140	1.1
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$94,710	130	0.1
3	Vallejo, CA	$85,950	40	0.3
4	Salem, OR	$80,490	30	0.2
5	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$79,630	850	0.5
6	Morgantown, WV	$79,030	50	0.7
7	Charleston, WV	$78,530	60	0.6
8	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$78,400	270	0.2
9	Greeley, CO	$78,070	40	0.4
10	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$77,360	40	0.1
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$76,970	310	0.3
12	Reno, NV	$76,690	110	0.4
13	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$76,580	70	0.4
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$76,460	350	0.1
15	Anchorage, AK	$75,970	80	0.4
16	Medford, OR	$75,560	40	0.4
17	Boulder, CO	$75,230	30	0.2
18	Colorado Springs, CO	$74,880	80	0.3
19	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$73,960	200	0.2
20	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$71,310	500	0.2
21	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$71,050	430	0.4
22	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$70,300	40	0.2
23	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$68,400	Not published	Not published
24	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$68,140	220	0.1
25	Wheeling, WV-OH	$67,870	40	0.6

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.