Mid-Level

Revenue Enforcement Collection Agent

A taxpayer's account moved to enforcement collections triggers the work โ€” collection agents pursue payment after voluntary efforts have failed, coordinating levies, payment-plan enforcement, and the actions that follow non-compliance.

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Employment concentration ยท ~145 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Revenue Enforcement Collection Agent

Case files from upstream collection arrive at the enforcement-collection desk โ€” taxpayer asset positions, banking records, employer information, the field-collection actions available under agency authority. You're often balancing the collection mandate with the practical realism of recovering what's collectible. Collections completed and case-resolution outcomes anchor the visible measures.

Where it gets demanding is the field-collection work itself โ€” meeting taxpayers in person, sometimes at businesses, working through assets in dispute, coordinating with other enforcement parties. Variance across employers is real: at the IRS and major state revenue agencies enforcement collection runs within structured field-collection programs; at municipal collectors field work scales to local resources.

Folks who do well here often are firm-but-fair, regulatorily disciplined, and capable through emotionally heavy adversarial work. The trade-off is the field-and-confrontation exposure of enforcement collection. Revenue-officer credentials anchor advancement.

AchievementModerate
SupportModerate
RelationshipsModerate
Working ConditionsLower
RecognitionLower
IndependenceLower
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape โ€” and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Revenue Enforcement Collection Agents (SOC 13-2081.00), not just this title ยท BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape โ€” helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$40Kโ€“$110K
Salary Range
10th โ€“ 90th percentile
54K
U.S. Employment
-1.8%
10yr Growth
4K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$74K$71K$68K$65K$62K201920202021202220232024$62K$74K
BLS OEWS May 2024 ยท BLS Employment Projections 2024โ€“2034

Skills & Requirements

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoringMathematicsActive LearningWritingJudgment and Decision MakingCoordination
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13-2081.00

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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) ยท BLS Employment Projections ยท O*NET OnLine
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