Revenue collector vs tax investigator

The differences between revenue collectors and tax investigators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a revenue collector and a tax investigator. Additionally, a tax investigator has an average salary of $35,077, which is higher than the $33,908 average annual salary of a revenue collector.

The top three skills for a revenue collector include customer service, motor vehicle and driver license. The most important skills for a tax investigator are tax laws, state tax, and customer service.

Revenue collector vs tax investigator overview

	Revenue Collector	Tax Investigator
Yearly salary	$33,908	$35,077
Hourly rate	$16.30	$16.86
Growth rate	-7%	-7%
Number of jobs	5,944	30,630
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	2	2

Revenue collector vs tax investigator salary

Revenue collectors and tax investigators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Revenue Collector	Tax Investigator
Average salary	$33,908	$35,077
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $52,000	Between $22,000 And $53,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between revenue collector and tax investigator education

There are a few differences between a revenue collector and a tax investigator in terms of educational background:

	Revenue Collector	Tax Investigator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Most common major	Business	Accounting
Most common college	University of Southern California	University of Southern California

Revenue collector vs tax investigator demographics

Here are the differences between revenue collectors' and tax investigators' demographics:

	Revenue Collector	Tax Investigator
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 34.7% Female, 65.3%	Male, 64.3% Female, 35.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.0% Unknown, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.1% Asian, 8.8% White, 56.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 14.1% Unknown, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 8.1% White, 62.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between revenue collector and tax investigator duties and responsibilities

Revenue collector example responsibilities.

Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
Utilize various skip-tracing services such as Accurint and TheWorkNumber in order to locate consumers and verify employment for account recovery purposes.

Tax investigator example responsibilities.

Investigate welfare, Medicaid, and food stamp fraud.
Work in conjunctions with the FBI, IRS and various corporations to help control tax loss and fraud.
Update taxpayers addresses, assign temporary ITIN numbers to taxpayers without a social security number, establish fiduciary accounts for taxpayers
Update taxpayers addresses, assign temporary ITIN numbers to taxpayers without a social security number, establish fiduciary accounts for taxpayers

Revenue collector vs tax investigator skills

Common revenue collector skills

Customer Service, 30%
Motor Vehicle, 12%
Driver License, 8%
DMV, 7%
Business Licenses, 6%
Property Tax Payments, 6%

Common tax investigator skills

Tax Laws, 55%
State Tax, 30%
Customer Service, 15%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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