Specialist professionals not classified elsewhere

How to become a Real Estate Appraiser

Judges the economic value of land and buildings under the real estate appraisal standards and sets a fair price.

Main tasks

Inspecting the land or buildings to be appraised and gathering information on the surrounding area
Setting a fair price by weighing up the appraisal standards together with their own experience
Writing up the results in an appraisal report and reporting to the client
Judging whether property sale prices are fair
Appraising property for tax purposes
Appraising state property and public land being bought or sold
Appraising property used as security for bank loans
Appraising property involved in court cases, such as properties being auctioned
Valuing securitised property
Advising on property appraisal and related issues
Advising clients on making good use of their property
Advising on property in inheritance
Setting property prices with statistical software
Checking that property is registered in the true owner's name
Learning new knowledge about valuation methods

Workers in this job say university is common. From job tag's survey of people in each job, who could give several answers. It shows what workers see as common, not how many workers hold each level.

How to become one

You must pass the real estate appraiser (fudosan kanteishi) exam. Anyone can sit it, but people who have passed the CPA exam or the national bar exam are exempt from part of it. After passing, you gain the skills and advanced specialist ability needed to become an appraiser through practical training, take the final exam set by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and then register on the ministry's roll of real estate appraisers to hold the qualification. Once qualified, you can work as an in-house appraiser at a company or set up your own business. Land and buildings are affected by a great many laws, regulations and subsidies, so plenty of knowledge and experience are needed.

Ways in

University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 85 universities in Japan
National licence or qualification: Listed by job tag as a qualification related to this job (関連資格): 不動産鑑定士. Needed to do this job (Peernovo, from job tag's entry description). English name and classification by Peernovo.
National licence or qualification: Listed by job tag as a qualification related to this job (関連資格): 宅地建物取引士（旧：宅地建物取引主任者）. English name and classification by Peernovo.

Pay · Job openings · AI and this job

Average annual income: ¥5,833,100 Private sector only: employers with 10 or more staff. Public servants, such as public school teachers and police officers, are not in these figures.
Monthly base pay (before overtime and bonus): median ¥307,800, and the middle half earn ¥251,700 to ¥414,600 a month.
Pay measured for the wage survey group: Specialist professionals not classified elsewhere
0.80 job openings per applicant at Hello Work (2025). A current demand signal, not a projection. It counts only the jobs and job seekers registered at Hello Work, Japan's public employment offices, and many graduate and professional hires never pass through it.
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Real Estate Appraiser?

How much does a Real Estate Appraiser earn in Japan?

Average annual income in the private sector, bonus included, is ¥5,833,100 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The figure is for the wage survey group Specialist professionals not classified elsewhere, which covers several jobs.

Do you need a degree to become a Real Estate Appraiser?

Usually. In this job's census occupation group, 67% of workers are university graduates.

Will AI change the work of a Real Estate Appraiser?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Statistics Bureau of Japan (MIC): 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査) detailed sample tabulation: employed by occupation, sex, age and education (2020 Census (tables 9-1 and 15-1, published 2022-12-27)), Government Standard Terms of Use 2.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Basic Survey on Wage Structure (賃金構造基本統計調査) 2025: earnings by occupation (2025 survey (June 2025 pay, 2024 bonus), published 2026-03-24), Government Standard Terms of Use 2.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Employment Referrals for General Workers (一般職業紹介状況): Hello Work job-openings-to-applicants ratio by occupation (2025 annual (release of 2026-10-02)), Government Standard Terms of Use 2.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
JILPT (職業情報データベース) via MHLW job tag: job tag download data: 解説系 (descriptions, how to become, related qualifications) and 簡易版数値系 (interests, tasks, education) (解説系 ver.7.01 (2026-06-04); 簡易版数値系 ver.7.00 (2026-03-17)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

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Sources: JILPT Occupational Information Database download data via job tag (解説系 ver.7.01 and 簡易版数値系 ver.7.00, downloaded 4 October 2026), processed by Peernovo; MHLW, Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025; Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census; MEXT, School Basic Survey 2025; MHLW, Employment Referrals for General Workers (Hello Work statistics). Figures processed by Peernovo. English job names, translations and the matching of jobs to statistical groups, schools and degree fields by Peernovo.

Updated 4 October 2026