How Much Does a Notary Public Make?

4/20/2025

By Mark Wills - Course Instructor of Loan Signing System

Being a loan signing agent is an incredibly lucrative part-time side hustle or full-time job. How much you make as a notary is dependent on several factors, such as how many loan signings you get each month. Watch our video below and read on to learn exactly how much notary signing agents make per month!

What is a Notary Public Signing Agent?

If you aren't already familiar, a notary public loan signing agent is a notary public who walks a borrower through a set of loan documents when they purchase or refinance their home. A loan signing agent ensures that the borrower has filled out their mortgage paperwork properly — making certain each document is signed, dated, or notarized appropriately.

It is easy to become a loan signing agent, once you have the expertise to assist customers throughout the signing process, you can get paid per signing and make extra money as a side hustle or full time job.

How Much Do Loan Signing Agents Make Per Appointment?

The average loan signing job from loan signing services are paid between $75 and $200 per appointment. A typical loan signing appointment usually takes between 30 and 60 minutes depending on the complexity of the documents. This means you can earn upwards of $200/hour as a loan signing agent!

The amount that you would make from a Loan Signing Fee is determined by how you got that loan signing appointment.

If you were hired for the loan signing job through a loan signing service (such as Signature Closers or Coast 2 Coast Signings), you would split the loan signing fee with them and end up getting paid less for that signing job.

Notary loan signing agents who primarily get loan signing jobs directly from escrow offices can earn much more — typically between $125 and $200 per signing appointment.

Cutting out the middleman and working directly with escrow officers, loan officers, or real estate agents allows you to keep 100% of the loan signing fee so you get paid up to 50% more for the same exact job.

In addition to the higher take-home fees, getting loan signing jobs directly from mortgage professionals is beneficial because you can have more control over how many loan signing jobs you receive (because a typical escrow/title office closes more local real estate transactions than your typical signing service) AND you generally DO NOT have to print your own loan documents (saving you both time and money)!

How Much a Notary Signing Agent Can Make Per Month Loan Signing System Signing Agent Training

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Click the link below to see an interactive calculator that shows how much income you can earn each week and year as a notary loan signing agent based on the number of signings you complete.

How Much Does a Part-Time Loan Signing Agent Get Paid?

Being a loan signing agent part-time can still be a lucrative opportunity, and depending on how many signings you are able to do, a part-time notary salary can be a significant additional stream of income. To understand the potential part-time notary salary, let’s assume that the average fee you would get for signing service appointments is $100, and $150 if you received those appointments directly from escrow offices.

From my experience, a part-time notary loan signing agent can do 5 signings a week working between 10 and 15 hours (including the appointment and driving time). At $100 a file, that is $500 a week, or roughly $2,000 a month.

Keep in mind, we are using the lower end of the fee scale in this example.

If you are getting direct business from escrow offices, you would take home $50 more per appointment, which translates to an approximate extra $1,000 more a month. So a notary loan signing agent who gets business directly from escrow offices would make about $3,000 dollars a month working 10 to 15 hours a week.

How Much Is a Full-Time Loan Signing Agent Salary?

Now let's talk about the income potential of a full-time notary loan signing agent. In terms of how much money a notary can make, it largely depends on the amount of signings and who you get signings from.

We’ll continue to use the $100 fee per file for this calculation. It’s absolutely feasible for a full-time loan signing agent to do 15 signings per week, working roughly 40 to 45 hours (including appointment and drive time).

Completing 15 signings each week at $100 per job is roughly $1,500 in 7 days…or about $6,000 a month… and around $72,000 a year.

And remember, if you’re a full-time loan signing agent who gets direct business, you would make an additional $50 per file.

Which would add $39,000 MORE annually for the exact same work.

Meaning, specifically, you would bring in a six figure salary of $117,000 a year.

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Big Income Potential, No College Degree Required

To put the potential notary loan signing agent income into perspective, the median per capita income, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is a little over $43,000!

Notary loan signing agents have the potential to surpass that income simply by doing a handful of loan signing jobs each week.

However, the full earning potential for notary loan signing agents could even stretch into the six-figure income bracket!

What other business in the nation boasts the potential to make six figures working 40 hours a week WITHOUT a college degree?

Now, let's talk taxes.

As a notary loan signing agent, you operate as a 1099 independent contractor and can take advantage of the many beneficial self-employment tax laws. This means you can potentially take home more income per year than a W-2 employee, who contributes 30% to 40% of their paycheck to taxes and other employee-related costs.

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Factors That Contribute to How Much Money a Loan Signing Agent Makes

After training and certification, a world of opportunities opens up for notary loan signing agents to explore.
But sticking to signings, these are some of the factors that affect how much money you can make as a loan signing agent:

The type of jobs you undertake: Documents vary in complexity, and charges are often based on the intricacies of the notarization process. Refinances and Purchases generally pay more than 'Seller Docs'. Training as a notary loan signing agent using our leading learning courses makes it possible for you to perform all types of signings confidently so you can make more money as a notary signing agent.
If you work part-time or full-time: It can be a savvy income-generating side hustle, or you can take things up a notch and reach for a six-figure income by working full-time. It is up to you, your lifestyle, your personality, and how far you want to go.
Your number of weekly appointments: Notary loan signing agents can do 5, 10, 15 signings or more in a week, which has a direct impact on your income. The more signings you can get, the more money you make!

Like all income-generating avenues, there is no one-size-fits-all formula that determines earning potential, but we do have a handy potential earning calculator tool you can use as a guide to estimate how much money you could make as a notary loan signing agent. Join thousands who are already reaping the rewards of becoming certified loan signing agents.

Take Advantage of the Best-Kept Secret in Real Estate

Being a notary loan signing agent is the best-kept secret in the real estate industry.

You can make great money, start part-time, have the potential to grow your income into a six-figure business, and do it all without needing a college degree.

So, let's recap.

A part-time notary loan signing agent earning $100 per appointment can earn roughly $2,000 a month, and a full-time loan signing agent who makes $100 per appointment could generate $6,000 a month.

And if you learn how to get business directly from escrow officers, mortgage officers, and real estate agents, you can give yourself a 50% raise.

This highlights the importance of learning how to get escrow business directly—you can go from making $6,000 to over $9,000 just by learning to get business from a different source.

Get the Training and Start Making Money as a Notary Loan Signing Agent

If you want to learn how you can start building your notary signing agent business, I can teach you the exact steps required to make part-time or full-time income as a successful notary public loan signing agent. Click the link below to learn more about the five star-rated notary loan signing agent training that has educated thousands of people across the nation achieve that goal!

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