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Occupational Description

Search real estate records, examine titles, or summarize pertinent legal or insurance details for a variety of purposes. May compile lists of mortgages, contracts, and other instruments pertaining to titles by searching public and private records for law firms, real estate agencies, or title insurance companies.

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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Employment Outlook for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers

Statewide Employment Analysis	2006 employment is estimated to be at about the statewide average. This occupation is expected to grow at about the statewide average. Total job openings are projected to be at about the statewide average. Reasonable employment opportunities exist.

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Current Job Openings for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers There are no openings for this occupation.

State of Oregon License Information for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers No statewide license is required for this occupation.

Wages for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers

Region	---------------- 2009 Wages ----------------
	Percentiles (hourly wages)					Avg Hourly ($/hr)	Avg Annual
	10th	25th	50th (median)	75th	90th
Oregon Statewide	$16.31	$19.27	$23.85	$32.12	$39.87	$26.13	$54,351
Multnomah / Washington	17.06	20.21	25.07	35.64	41.64	27.60	57,413
Lane	14.46	18.49	24.61	36.14	46.45	28.06	58,368
Jackson / Josephine	15.81	18.30	22.04	26.57	37.94	23.72	49,337
Crook / Deschutes / Jefferson	18.06	20.47	25.91	30.07	33.68	25.62	53,299

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Regional Employment Projections for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers

Region	Employment		Change	% Change	Projected Annual Openings
	2006	2016			Growth	Replacement	Total
Oregon Statewide	1,467	1,637	170	11.6%	17	17	34
Multnomah / Washington	467	526	59	12.6%	6	5	11
Marion / Polk / Yamhill	108	124	16	14.8%	2	1	3
Jackson / Josephine	86	93	7	8.1%	1	1	2
Crook / Deschutes / Jefferson	85	105	20	23.5%	2	1	3
Clackamas	69	78	9	13.0%	1	1	2
Douglas	35	40	5	14.3%	1	0	1
Lane	24	26	2	8.3%	0	0	1
Klamath / Lake	22	27	5	22.7%	1	0	1
Benton / Lincoln / Linn	20	20	0	0.0%	0	0	0
Coos / Curry	20	24	4	20.0%	0	0	1
Baker / Union / Wallowa	19	21	2	10.5%	0	0	0
Morrow / Umatilla	16	16	0	0.0%	0	0	0
Clatsop / Columbia / Tillamook	16	18	2	12.5%	0	0	0
Grant / Harney / Malheur	7	8	1	14.3%	0	0	0
Gilliam / Hood River / Sherman / Wheeler / Wasco	6	5	-1	-16.7%	0	0	0

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Industries of Employment for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers

Industry Click links to view infoUSA employers	Ownership	2006 Employment
Total, All Industries	All	1,467
Total, All Industries	Private	1,452
Finance and Insurance	Private	572
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	Private	572
Insurance Carriers	Private	572
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	Private	31
Real Estate	Private	31
Activities Related to Real Estate	Private	28
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	Private	780
Legal Services	Private	777
Management of Companies and Enterprises	Private	69

Educational Requirements for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers Workers must have moderate-term on-the-job training to gain the necessary skills for this occupation. However, those with postsecondary training have a competitive advantage in this labor market.

Skills for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers

• Apply Real Estate Terminology
• Apply Research Methodology To Legal Cases And Issues
• Assist With Business And Managerial Research
• Compose Business Correspondence
• Conduct Record Searches
• Interpret And Apply Contract, Property And Insurance Laws
• Interpret And Apply Real Estate Sales Regulations
• Obtain Information From Clients, Customers, Patients Or Others
• Operate Fax Machines, Copiers, Printers, And Other Office Machines
• Organize And Work With Detailed Records
• Organize Legal Information And Records
• Prepare Reports In Timely Manner
• Process And Prepare Business Forms
• Process Records And Maintain Forms And Files
• Research Work-Related Topics Using Library Resources
• Use Computers To Enter, Access And Retrieve Data
• Use Correct Grammar, Punctuation And Spelling
• Use On-Line Search Techniques
• Work As A Team Member

Schools and Training Providers for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers The training providers listed below offer one or more of the following programs:

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Pioneer Pacific College 27501 SW Parkway Ave Wilsonville, OR 97070 Phone: (503) 682-3903 Programs of Training: Legal Assistant/Paralegal	College of Legal Arts 8909 SW Barbur Boulevard, Suite 100 Portland, OR 97219-4063 Phone: (503) 223-5100 Programs of Training: Legal Assistant/Paralegal	Portland Community College 12000 SW 49th Avenue Portland, OR 97219 Phone: (503) 244-6111 Programs of Training: Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Everest College-Portland 425 SW Washington Portland, OR 97204 Phone: (503) 222-3225 Programs of Training: Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Career Pathway Roadmaps for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers No Career Pathway links were found for this occupation.

Related Occupations The scores listed below indicates how closely the skills for Title Examiners, Abstractors, And Searchers matches the occupation in the list. A score of 100% means the occupations have identical skill sets. A maximum of 10 occupations are displayed below.

Occupation	Skill Overlap
Information And Record Clerks, All Other	44%
Correspondence Clerks	37%
Insurance Claims And Policy Processing Clerks	33%
Library Assistants, Clerical	33%
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll And Tim	32%
Paralegals And Legal Assistants	31%
Law Clerks	30%
Order Clerks	29%
Customer Service Representatives	29%
Appraisers And Assessors Of Real Estate	29%