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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.
What a title examiner, abstractor, and searcher does
Become a title examiner, abstractor, and searcher
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good title examiner, abstractor, and searcher
- Reading work related information.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $37 per hour with a typical salary of $71,100 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $26 and $48 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $35,500 and $88,000 per year.
- 71% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $31 per hour with a typical salary of $34,600 per year.
- 26.6% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Title Examiner, Abstractor, And Searcher job outlook
- There are 973 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 89 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 15% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.