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Property Appraisers and Assessors · SOC 13-2020

Property Appraisers and Assessors Salary in the Ames Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Ames, IA metro area

Figures describe the Ames, IA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Ames city limits.

Median annual wage$78,480
Median hourly wage$37.73

Property Appraisers and Assessors in the Ames, IA metro area earned a median of $78,480 per year ($37.73 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $60,430 at the 10th percentile to $95,000 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Property Appraisers and Assessors in the Ames metro area earn more than $78,480 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $65,210 and $90,570.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$60,430$65,210$78,480$90,570$95,000
Hourly$29.05$31.35$37.73$43.54$45.67

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Ames metro areathis metro area
    $78,480
  • Iowastate (IA)
    $80,160
  • United Statesnational
    $67,960

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −2% vs Iowa overall and +15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$35,420$58,807$82,193$105,580San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $35,420Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $38,040Morgantown, WV — $38,640Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $39,630Macon-Bibb County, GA — $44,740Lawton, OK — $44,760Beckley, WV — $45,550Wichita Falls, TX — $45,810Joplin, MO-KS — $45,990Columbus, GA-AL — $46,190St. Joseph, MO-KS — $46,370Albuquerque, NM — $47,000Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,310Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $47,560Terre Haute, IN — $47,650Charleston, WV — $47,680Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $47,730Tucson, AZ — $48,000York-Hanover, PA — $48,170Evansville, IN — $48,250Farmington, NM — $48,590Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $48,600Bend, OR — $48,680Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $49,040Idaho Falls, ID — $49,110Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $49,130Wichita, KS — $49,480Birmingham, AL — $49,510Athens-Clarke County, GA — $49,650Ogden, UT — $49,650Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,800St. George, UT — $50,140Fort Smith, AR-OK — $50,160Warner Robins, GA — $50,190Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $50,530Lubbock, TX — $51,220Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $51,250Lancaster, PA — $51,350Hattiesburg, MS — $51,430Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $51,720Homosassa Springs, FL — $51,830Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $51,970Roanoke, VA — $53,070Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $53,390Pittsburgh, PA — $54,990Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $56,150Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $57,360Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $57,860Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $58,070Florence, SC — $58,560Jefferson City, MO — $58,760Akron, OH — $58,910Columbia, SC — $59,110South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $59,170Stockton-Lodi, CA — $59,180McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $59,290Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $59,320Kansas City, MO-KS — $59,350Winston-Salem, NC — $59,470St. Louis, MO-IL — $59,610Huntsville, AL — $59,970Punta Gorda, FL — $60,110Spartanburg, SC — $60,150Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $60,200Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $60,320Lafayette, LA — $60,440Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $60,860Chattanooga, TN-GA — $60,950Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $60,960Springfield, MO — $61,080Amarillo, TX — $61,180Topeka, KS — $61,190Mobile, AL — $61,370El Paso, TX — $61,380Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $61,400Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $61,590Abilene, TX — $61,700Tulsa, OK — $61,720Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $61,730Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $61,790Logan, UT-ID — $61,930Savannah, GA — $61,990Corpus Christi, TX — $62,030Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $62,080Knoxville, TN — $62,090Kingston, NY — $62,120Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,140Saginaw, MI — $62,160Tallahassee, FL — $62,230Billings, MT — $62,310Jacksonville, NC — $62,350Twin Falls, ID — $62,350Toledo, OH — $62,370Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $62,420Manhattan, KS — $62,560Chico, CA — $62,760Casper, WY — $62,850Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $62,880Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $62,890Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $63,000Wausau, WI — $63,060Flint, MI — $63,280Fayetteville, NC — $63,350Champaign-Urbana, IL — $63,530Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $63,540Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $63,650Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $63,710Fort Wayne, IN — $63,750Appleton, WI — $63,780Traverse City, MI — $63,880Rapid City, SD — $63,900Kennewick-Richland, WA — $63,950Jackson, TN — $64,050Jackson, MS — $64,060Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $64,080Springfield, MA — $64,090Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $64,200Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $64,220Longview, TX — $64,320Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $64,430Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $64,470College Station-Bryan, TX — $64,700Charlottesville, VA — $64,780Baton Rouge, LA — $64,900Helena, MT — $64,920Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $64,990Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $65,050Reno, NV — $65,070Gainesville, GA — $65,080Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $65,240Cleveland, OH — $65,380Gainesville, FL — $65,720Peoria, IL — $65,720Colorado Springs, CO — $65,780Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $65,810Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $66,100Bismarck, ND — $66,190Bloomington, IN — $66,240Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $66,700Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $66,720Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $67,150Oklahoma City, OK — $67,270Green Bay, WI — $67,520Cheyenne, WY — $67,640Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $67,750Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $68,000Columbus, OH — $68,060Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $68,100Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $69,060Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $69,530Wilmington, NC — $69,610Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $69,840Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $69,890New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $70,360Lincoln, NE — $70,850Columbia, MO — $71,300Port St. Lucie, FL — $71,410Niles, MI — $71,730Syracuse, NY — $71,790Jacksonville, FL — $72,090San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $72,270Naples-Marco Island, FL — $72,660Tyler, TX — $73,010North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $73,590Greeley, CO — $73,830Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $73,920Greensboro-High Point, NC — $73,970Killeen-Temple, TX — $74,210Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $74,260Ann Arbor, MI — $74,740Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $74,770Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $74,780Eau Claire, WI — $74,880Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $75,670Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $75,860Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $75,890Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $75,930Rochester, NY — $75,940Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $76,480Modesto, CA — $76,500Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $76,520Raleigh-Cary, NC — $76,760Visalia, CA — $77,020Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $77,250Coeur d'Alene, ID — $77,250Boulder, CO — $77,310Asheville, NC — $77,730Ames, IA — $78,480Greenville, NC — $78,480Grand Junction, CO — $78,560Madison, WI — $78,610Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $78,690Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $78,710Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $79,030Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $79,110Salem, OR — $79,360Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $79,470Omaha, NE-IA — $79,610Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $79,690Anchorage, AK — $79,710Portland-South Portland, ME — $80,290St. Cloud, MN — $80,510Duluth, MN-WI — $80,860Fargo, ND-MN — $80,980Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $81,120Richmond, VA — $81,270Boise City, ID — $81,360San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $81,760Urban Honolulu, HI — $81,890Worcester, MA — $82,100Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $82,150Fresno, CA — $82,310Rochester, MN — $82,320Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $82,430Utica-Rome, NY — $82,640New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $82,920New Haven, CT — $83,330Barnstable Town, MA — $84,360Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $84,490Redding, CA — $85,240Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $86,260Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $87,160Cedar Rapids, IA — $89,270Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $89,280Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $89,690Montgomery, AL — $90,800Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $91,230Manchester-Nashua, NH — $91,280Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $91,600Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $92,370Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $94,230Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $95,730Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $96,010Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $96,220Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $98,020Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $98,950Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $99,800San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $99,850San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $102,840Vallejo, CA — $103,510San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $105,580

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Ames metro area has the 53rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 241 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Iowa

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for property appraisers and assessors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Ames metro areathis page
    $78,480
  • Des Moines metro area
    $92,370
  • Cedar Rapids metro area
    $89,270
  • Sioux City metro area
    $76,480
  • Waterloo metro area
    $75,670
  • Davenport metro area
    $64,080

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Business Operations Specialists, All Other$76,510Accountants and Auditors$79,320Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$61,100Human Resources Specialists$70,060Project Management Specialists$97,290Buyers and Purchasing Agents$68,880

Highest-paying metro areas for property appraisers and assessorss · Highest-paying occupations in Ames Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.