General Real Estate Appraiser pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 17165
- Class code
- 17165
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for General Real Estate Appraiser is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 17165.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 02/25/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and analytical work performing appraisals to establish the market value of real property to secure legal rights-of-way or acquire real estate. An employee in this job performs appraisal work for all types of real property to secure legal rights-of-way and acquire real estate for other purposes. Work involves performing real estate appraisals of varying complexities, including those for agricultural, industrial, commercial, residential, and special purpose properties.
Examples of the work
• Performs appraisals and derives real estate values by applying fair market value, depreciation and damage costs, and other appropriate appraisal factors. • Inspects real estate and interviews real estate owners to obtain information concerning improvements and other pertinent real estate characteristics. • Researches records at public offices for title searches, tax assessment data, zoning restrictions, and sales records. • Determines the highest and best use of each property by analyzing and applying criteria for legal permissibility, physical possibility, financial feasibility, and maximum productivity.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active Pennsylvania Certified General Real Estate Appraiser certification. • All positions require possession of an active motor vehicle license.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.