How to become a Valuer or Loss Assessor

Official title: Valuers and Loss Assessors

Values real estate, machinery and equipment, and personal or household property, or assesses the extent of losses and the amount of compensation.

Main tasks

• Value the quality and price of real estate, goods and artworks using experience, knowledge or scientific methods
• Assess the extent of damage or loss and the amount of compensation an insurer should pay
• Value the item concerned and prepare reports

Ways in

• Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: finance, banking and insurance (0412). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 5, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 1, five-year junior college (五專) 1. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
• Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a insurance surveyor (loss adjuster) you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 一般保險公證人、海事保險公證人 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 21.
• Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a real estate appraiser you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 不動產估價師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 28.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Average pay: NT$845,000 a year
• Demand for Business and administration jobs is projected at about 1,465,000 in 2024 and about 1,502,000 in 2030. (+2.5%)
• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Valuer or Loss Assessor?

Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme.

How much does a Valuer or Loss Assessor earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$845,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is a Valuer or Loss Assessor a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 2.5% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Valuer or Loss Assessor?

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

Sources

• Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, 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

Updated 4 October 2026