You adjust property claims — meeting with policyholders, inspecting damage, scoping repairs, and being the practitioner who handles property losses from first notice through resolution.
Property Claims Adjuster pay typically runs $60K–$96K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to shrink 5% through 2034.
Most days tend to involve a steady rotation of inspections, scoping work, and policyholder communication — driving to loss sites, walking damage with policyholders, capturing photos and measurements, and writing scopes that estimate repair cost. You'll often spend part of the time on negotiation with contractors and policyholders as estimates and scopes get refined.
The harder part is often the road time, weather exposure, and physical demand of field property work combined with the emotional weight of meeting policyholders soon after losses. You'll typically work autonomously day-to-day, where time management and documentation discipline shape what you can accomplish.
People who tend to thrive here are detail-oriented, comfortable with outdoor work and building knowledge, and steady with policyholders in stressful situations. The trade-off is the physical demand and the road time of property adjusting. If you find satisfaction in resolving property claims by walking the damage with the homeowner, the role has a steady, hands-on satisfaction in insurance.
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Median pay for a Property Claims Adjuster is about $77K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $48K to $112K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Speaking, and Judgment and Decision Making.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 5.1% through 2034, with roughly 305,020 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Claims Customer Service Representative (Claims CSR), Claims Analyst, and Liability Claims Representative.
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