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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Search real estate records, examine titles, or summarize pertinent legal or insurance documents or details for a variety of purposes.

Sector: Law
Preparation: Zone 2 — some preparation needed
O*NET code: 23-2093.00

What you'll actually do

The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.

Getting Information

central to the job — rated 93/100 for importance.
Documenting/Recording Information

central to the job — rated 91/100 for importance.
Working with Computers

central to the job — rated 89/100 for importance.
Processing Information

central to the job — rated 85/100 for importance.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

a major part of the work — rated 82/100 for importance.
Analyzing Data or Information

a major part of the work — rated 82/100 for importance.

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.

What it takes

Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 78/100 for importance.
Active Listening

Needed at a solid working level (52/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
Critical Thinking

Needed at a solid working level (52/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
Speaking

Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
Writing

Needed at a solid working level (52/100), and rated 60/100 for importance.

Knowledge

English Language

Needed at a solid working level (51/100), and rated 65/100 for importance.
Law and Government

Needed at a solid working level (58/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.
Administrative

Needed at a high level (63/100), and rated 54/100 for importance.
Customer and Personal Service

Needed at a basic working level (43/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.

Abilities

Oral Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Oral Expression

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Written Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Written Expression

Needed at a solid working level (54/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.

How people get in

O*NET places this occupation in Zone 2 — some preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.

Education

A high-school diploma is the usual starting point.

Experience

Some prior work experience helps but is rarely required.

Training

Expect a few months to a year of on-the-job training.

What it pays

These are typical law compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.

BigLaw (Cravath Scale)

$215k – $500k+

Regional Law Firms

$90k – $160k

Solo & Small Practices

$55k – $100k

How the work tends to run

Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.

Most of the day happens at a screen.From “Working with Computers”
Rules and standards are checkable and someone checks them.From “Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards”

How FlightWay scores your fit against this

No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.

1. You answer a short quiz: Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
2. We correlate the two profiles: Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
3. The number you see is personality fit only: "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
4. Every factor is visible: You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.

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