Business & Finance
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.
Median salary (BLS)
$62,370
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$42k – $115k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $112,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
Entry / Junior
$42,000
~2 yrs to advance
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
Established
$62,370
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
Senior
$88,460
Key skills
A typical day
- •Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent.
- •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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.