skip to main content

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

General Information

Description

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.

Business Breakdown

People in this career work in these sectors.

  1. Private, for profit74.76%
  2. Federal government10.11%
  3. Self-employed9.04%
  4. State and local government3.98%
  5. Private, not for profit2.05%

Workplace at a Glance

What you can expect to experience while on the job

  • Responsibility
  • Exposure to job hazards
  • Physical activity
  • Decision making
  • Repetitiveness
  • Level of competition
  • Time pressure
No Information for this section

Salary

Average Salary

Salary

$50,490

State-by-state Salary

Gray states indicate no data available

$81,060
$36,040
No Information for this section

Education & Interests

Most Common Education Levels

People in this career achieve this level of education.

  • High school 60%
  • Bachelor's degree 13%
  • Post-secondary certificate 13%
  • Associate's degree 12%
  • Some college 0%
  • Master's degree 0%
  • Doctoral degree 0%
  • Post baccalaureate 0%
  • Less than high school 0%
  • Post-doctoral training 0%
  • Post-master's certificate 0%
  • First professional degree 0%

Related College Majors

Select major to see colleges that offer it

PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS

You may find this career fulfilling if you consider yourself to be:

  • Conventional — You have an interest in following procedures and regulations to organize information or data.
  • Enterprising — You have an interest in managing, negotiating and marketing, or leading and advising others.
  • Realistic — You have an interest in physically working with equipment, materials or structures.

Not sure what characteristics best describe you? Take the RIASEC Test.

Skills at a Glance

Skills helpful in this career

  • Verbal skills
  • Critical thinking & problem solving
  • Equipment operation & maintenance
  • Math & science skills
  • Technology design & control
  • Leadership

Knowledge

  • Administrative
  • Law and Government
  • English Language
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Mathematics

Gain insights into your knowledge by using the ASVAB Career Exploration Program

No Information for this section