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Jobs / Finance and accounting / 13-2022.00

Appraisers of Personal and Business Property

Appraise and estimate the fair value of tangible personal or business property, such as jewelry, art, antiques, collectibles, and equipment. May also appraise land.

US jobs
Not reported by BLS
Job family
Finance and accounting

Can agents do the work of appraisers of personal and business property?

We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Finance and accounting:

  • Task levelPartialOn Vals AI's Finance Agent benchmark, where agents research SEC filings to answer an analyst's questions, the best model scores 64.4%. Adjacent spreadsheet tasks score higher (83.1% on SpreadsheetBench). No task-level benchmark in our collection tests bookkeeping or audit work inside accounting systems.
  • Project levelPartialOn APEX-Agents, which includes investment-banking tasks written by professionals, the best agent passes 73.5% of tasks on the first try (all domains). OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's GDPval deliverables, from occupations that include accountants and financial managers, won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons.

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in finance and accounting, not always this occupation's tasks.

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • Write descriptions of the property being appraised.
  • Determine the appropriate type of valuation to make, such as fair market, replacement, or liquidation, based on the needs of the property owner.
  • Document physical characteristics of property such as measurements, quality, and design.
  • Calculate the value of property based on comparisons to recent sales, estimated cost to reproduce, and anticipated property income streams.
  • Locate and record data on sales of comparable property using specialized software, internet searches, or personal records.
  • Write and submit appraisal reports for property, such as jewelry, art, antiques, collectibles, and equipment.
  • Inspect personal or business property.
  • Create and maintain a database of completed appraisals.
  • Take photographs of property.
  • Verify that property matches legal descriptions or certifications.
  • Update appraisals when property has been improved, damaged, or has otherwise changed.
  • Testify in court as to the value of a piece of tangible property.
Other job titles for this occupation (27)

Accredited Appraiser · Aircraft Appraiser · Appraiser · Art Appraiser · Certified Appraiser · Gem and Jewelry Appraiser · Jewelry Appraiser · Personal Property Appraiser · Appraiser Analyst · Certified Commercial Appraiser · Commercial Appraiser · Commercial Property Appraiser · Estate Appraiser · Gemologist · Industrial Appraiser · Licensed Appraiser · Machinery Appraiser · Personal and Business Property Appraiser · Personal Property Assessor · Physical Appraiser · Precious Metal Appraiser · Property Appraiser · Property Condition Assessor · Review Appraiser · Tangible Personal Property Appraiser · Valuation Consultant · Valuation Specialist