Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Legal · SOC 23-2093
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 23-2093 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 2.2%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 34/100
- Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $58,650
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 5,500
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +2.0%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 0
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 6,496 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
Best transitions from here
Explore all pathways→Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).
AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~57.1% of this role but only ~2.2% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Search real estate records, examine titles, or summarize pertinent legal or insurance documents or 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.
Common titles: Abstractor, Commercial Title Examiner, Searcher, Title Abstractor, Title Agent, Title Examiner
Representative Tasks
- •Examine documentation such as mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, plat books, maps, contracts, and agreements to verify factors such as properties' legal descriptions, ownership, or restrictions.
- •Examine individual titles to determine if restrictions, such as delinquent taxes, will affect titles and limit property use.
- •Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances encountered during searching activities and outlining actions needed to clear titles.
- •Copy or summarize recorded documents, such as mortgages, trust deeds, and contracts, that affect property titles.
- •Verify accuracy and completeness of land-related documents accepted for registration, preparing rejection notices when documents are not acceptable.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Evaluate information related to legal matters in public or personal records.
- •Research relevant legal materials to aid decision making.
- •Prepare legal documents.
- •Obtain property information.
- •Compile data or documentation.
Tools & Technologies
Related Occupations
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 2.2% | 20.6% |
| Outlook | Average | 29% Bright |
| Median Salary | $58,650 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 98/100 | N/A |