Jefferson County Appraisal District Chief Appraiser Summary - 2021

The chief appraiser for Jefferson Central Appraisal District gets paid $168,915 along with benefits. Despite a staff of 18 appraisers, taxpayers have a 40 to 60% success rate for protests filed most of the time. The district has a process used called the mass appraisal method to produce well over 148,914 property values yearly. With the high number of valuations, the limited amount of appraisers cannot keep up with all the property tax appeals.

Can the district manage over 148,914 property tax appeals accounting for 37% of the total value, with only 18 appraisers, realistically? Perhaps they will inform everyone that the value is good and not to protest. Well, that wouldn’t work, so they settle many of the accounts informally to reduce the time and cost of holding appraisal board hearings. We can guide you through the appeal process by enrolling you in the Property Tax Protection Program™. We have represented over 250,000 properties in tax appeals!