This compensation estimator is based on a survey conducted and reported for the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) in 2016 by Readex Research, an independent research company.  The functionality of this website was also developed by Readex.

Sample Composition and Data Collection

The survey sample of 13,514 consisted of three populations:

• All U.S. emailable IAAO regular and associate members who currently serve a local jurisdiction at any level. Those outside the U.S. and those employed by business partners were excluded.

• All U.S. emailable nonmembers in the IAAO database who have had transactional activity with IAAO during the last 36 months. Those outside the U.S. and those employed by business partners were excluded.

• Emailable chief assessing officers who have no connection with IAAO, but who were identified by IAAO through public websites. Chief assessing officers were compiled by IAAO from all 50 states into a jurisdiction universe that covers all local jurisdictions with property tax revenue.

Additionally, sample members were invited (in the survey invitations sent by Readex) to request unique links to the survey from IAAO to share with their staff and/or others in the assessment industry.

The survey was designed jointly by IAAO and Readex.  Placement of the survey on a web page, distribution of the electronic survey invitations, and tabulation of the results were handled by Readex.

Data was collected via online survey from June 27 to July 29, 2016.  The survey was closed for tabulation with 3,024 total responses—3,002 from the email invitations sent by Readex (22% response rate) and 22 from the unique links requested by sample members and distributed by IAAO.  Complete details may be found in the full report.

About This Estimator

This compensation estimator includes data from all 2,593 respondents employed or self-employed full time who provided compensation information.

By checking off boxes on the Compensation Estimator page, the user can build a nearly infinite number of different queries on this data — learning typical compensation for those within a certain job function/category and with industry tenure of at least 20 years, who supervise 1-4 indviduals, whose position requires a bachelor's degree or higher, and whose jurisdiction has 25,000 - 74,999 total parcels, for instance.  Ranges can be built up (e.g., those with 20+ OR 10-19 years of experience) by checking more than one box for a given variable.  Clicking INCLUDE ALL removes all filters for that variable.

The results show three percentiles (25th, 50th, and 75th) of data for both the user's selection situation and for all reported respondents in that particular job function/category (for comparison).

Note that results are not displayed if fewer than 5 cases meet the selection criteria — when this happens, revise your selections by checking more boxes or INCLUDE ALL for variables of interest.

About Readex Research

Founded in 1947, Readex Research (www.readexresearch.com) is a nationally recognized independent research company located in Stillwater, MN.  Its roots are found in survey research for the magazine publishing industry, but its specialization in conducting high-quality self-administered surveys has brought it clients from many other markets, including associations, corporate marketers and communicators, and government agencies.