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Property Appraisers and Assessors pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Topeka, KS
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Property Appraisers and Assessors is $105,580 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $61,190 per year in Topeka, KS. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 72.5% above Topeka, KS on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2020 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 650 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 60 in Topeka, KS. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings