Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
Business, Management and AdministrationO*NET 13-2081.00United States
Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.
- Median annual earnings
- $62,358
- Projected change
- +2.4%
- Typical education
- Bachelor's degree
- Employment
- 61.1K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
33.6% of the workforce
Growing to 62.58K by 2035
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The work
What tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent.
- Confer with taxpayers or their representatives to discuss the issues, laws, and regulations involved in returns, and to resolve problems with returns.
- Maintain records for each case, including contacts, telephone numbers, and actions taken.
- Notify taxpayers of any overpayment or underpayment, and either issue a refund or request further payment.
- Contact taxpayers by mail or telephone to address discrepancies and to request supporting documentation.
- Answer questions from taxpayers and assist them in completing tax forms.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $41,995
- 25th percentile
- $49,442
- 50th percentile
- $62,358
- 75th percentile
- $83,387
- 90th percentile
- $114,546
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $62,358 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+2.4%average or slower
202561,095 jobs
2035 projected62,579 jobs
1,484 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Bachelor's degree
- 33.6%
- Associate degree
- 25.6%
- High school diploma or less
- 23.2%
- Some college
- 13.7%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 3.9%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Tax Analysts1,704 postings
- 02Tax Interns519 postings
- 03Indirect Tax Analysts343 postings
- 04Tax Examiners197 postings
- 05Tax Coordinators158 postings
- 06Collectors141 postings
- 07Inventory Auditors113 postings
- 08Motor Vehicle Field Representatives113 postings
- 09Revenue Agents113 postings
- 10Property Tax Analysts92 postings
- 11Insurance Premium Auditors91 postings
- 12Revenue Specialists86 postings
- 13Corporate Tax Analysts84 postings
- 14Income Tax Analysts84 postings
- 15Accounts Examiners76 postings
- 16Deputy Treasurers75 postings
- 17Tax Technicians72 postings
- 18Sales Tax Analysts69 postings
- 19Transaction Tax Managers69 postings
- 20Debt Collectors66 postings
Top employers
- 01State of California184 postings
- 02TEKsystems124 postings
- 03Robert Half102 postings
- 04Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania96 postings
- 05CCC Intelligent Solutions94 postings
- 06BDO86 postings
- 07State of Washington85 postings
- 08Lee Hecht Harrison84 postings
- 09State of Florida68 postings
- 10KPMG67 postings
- 11Ernst & Young62 postings
- 12Hilton56 postings
- 13Alvarez & Marsal55 postings
- 14Parexel55 postings
- 15Quest Diagnostics49 postings
- 16State Of Colorado46 postings
- 17Solv Energy45 postings
- 18Aston Carter44 postings
- 19State of Nevada44 postings
- 20State of Indiana42 postings
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