Also called: Title Abstractor, Title Searcher
Searches property records to make sure a home or land can be legally sold.
Before a house sells, title examiners dig through deeds, liens, and court records, sometimes going back a century. They flag problems like an unpaid contractor's claim or a missing heir. The job is detective work in archives.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma plus on-the-job training; some states require a license.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Real Estate, Paralegal Studies.
Shrinking (about -2% over 10 years). Approximate; automation is reducing manual searching.
High risk for 10 years. Digitized property records and AI search do most title checks; fewer examiners needed except for messy rural or old records.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to title companies for title examiner or abstractor trainee jobs; they train you
Classes: Computer applications, AP U.S. History, Geography, Business CTE class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 23-2093.
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