Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Career, Salary and Skills
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $62,370 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 56,610. Wage data is published for 192 locations.
Occupation description
Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.
O*NET code
13-2081.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$62,370
Hourly median
$29.98
Employment
56,610
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$42,000
10th
$49,450
25th
$62,370
Median
$83,390
75th
$114,550
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.88 | 3.75 |
| Writing | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Monitoring | 3.25 | 3.12 |
| Active Learning | 3.25 | 3.75 |
| Mathematics | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.12 | 3.25 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.00 | 3.00 |
Typical tasks
- Confer with taxpayers or their representatives to discuss the issues, laws, and regulations involved in returns, and to resolve problems with returns.
- Notify taxpayers of any overpayment or underpayment, and either issue a refund or request further payment.
- Maintain records for each case, including contacts, telephone numbers, and actions taken.
- 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.
- Collect taxes from individuals or businesses according to prescribed laws and regulations.
- Determine appropriate methods of debt settlement, such as offers of compromise, wage garnishment, or seizure and sale of property.
- Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent.
Technology
- Microsoft Excel
- ADP Workforce Now
- Alteryx software
- Automated tax system software
- Document management system software
- Email software
- Fund accounting software
- Image processing systems
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Intuit TurboTax
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Power BI
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in CAMedian $74,110 · Employment 8,610
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in TXMedian $58,200 · Employment 3,980
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in FLMedian $46,760 · Employment 3,950
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in Sacramento, CAMedian $67,610 · Employment 3,780
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in NYMedian $72,610 · Employment 3,550
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in PAMedian $56,870 · Employment 3,540
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in UTMedian $49,940 · Employment 3,470
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in Ogden, UTMedian $49,440 · Employment 3,240
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in New York, NYMedian $86,340 · Employment 2,910
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in MOMedian $50,250 · Employment 2,280
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in Philadelphia, PAMedian $60,550 · Employment 2,120
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents Salary in Kansas City, MOMedian $50,250 · Employment 1,980
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.