Detectives and Criminal Investigators Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Detectives and Criminal Investigators positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$93,580

National average

Salary Range

$54,160 – $159,410

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Detectives and Criminal Investigators Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$157,270$54,350$186,760
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$156,890$97,030$186,050
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$155,110$69,770$173,100
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$153,340$88,340$191,880
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$143,250$80,910$190,380
Salinas, CA$129,880$79,990$187,700
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$129,370$75,480$165,320
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$127,980$82,250$175,340
Great Falls, MT$126,800$62,090$159,410
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$126,380$82,310$157,400
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$125,630$70,360$186,760
Maryland$125,630$69,800$186,760
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$125,300$96,410$191,880
Anchorage, AK$124,400$73,410$184,950
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$122,450$91,480$173,680
California$122,140$79,350$165,230
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$121,530$94,470$171,480
El Centro, CA$121,330$80,750$130,600
Alaska$121,140$74,270$180,090
Bellingham, WA$120,080$100,610$173,680
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$118,830$77,740$166,840
Urban Honolulu, HI$118,580$99,720$170,680
Washington$116,450$86,200$164,240
Stockton-Lodi, CA$114,420$71,030$191,880
New Jersey$113,830$70,850$170,680
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$113,800$62,580$174,390
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$113,590$86,720$183,330
Hawaii$112,100$96,370$166,190
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$112,100$91,170$112,100
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$111,860$72,740$135,160
Massachusetts$111,460$74,360$180,090
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$111,460$76,560$180,090
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$110,530$51,680$176,990
Virginia$110,220$62,320$191,650
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$109,830$66,450$152,780
Springfield, MA$109,310$78,250$184,480
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$108,360$75,270$167,650
Rochester, NY$107,810$62,760$139,730
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$107,580$86,850$155,580
Oregon$107,450$82,770$162,200
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$107,290$75,440$172,100
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$107,240$60,690$110,140
El Paso, TX$107,240$55,560$137,860
Mobile, AL$107,240$42,510$159,410
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$107,240$69,650$124,860
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$107,060$74,920$151,590
Roanoke, VA$106,810$61,380$155,110
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$106,540$62,290$177,150
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$106,270$60,880$153,570
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$106,230$73,840$115,070
Tucson, AZ$106,230$63,070$144,730
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$106,230$60,830$109,160
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$106,110$63,100$124,860
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$106,110$49,620$124,860
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$105,940$67,940$133,450
Ann Arbor, MI$105,930$79,770$175,800
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$105,790$66,100$163,720
Rockford, IL$105,380$57,800$149,090
Erie, PA$105,020$62,340$113,910
Fresno, CA$104,980$77,670$158,390
Boulder, CO$104,400$71,580$118,250
Sandusky, OH$104,330$86,940$110,140
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$104,330$89,860$117,890
Vermont$104,330$64,980$153,570
Las Cruces, NM$104,330$65,120$107,240
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$104,330$50,530$113,030
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$104,330$61,960$107,240
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$104,330$66,870$107,240
Vallejo, CA$104,220$88,430$166,250
Kennewick-Richland, WA$103,940$73,970$150,800
New York$103,340$61,450$168,770
Arizona$103,270$61,310$140,360
Omaha, NE-IA$103,040$66,190$160,950
State College, PA$102,950$72,240$118,790
Colorado$102,910$67,460$157,100
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$102,460$73,610$113,030
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$102,370$55,710$168,330
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$102,320$70,030$122,720
Madison, WI$101,690$77,440$109,780
Vineland, NJ$100,470$65,720$112,370
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$100,470$57,050$165,940
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$100,030$90,060$152,190
Barnstable Town, MA$99,580$81,600$129,150
Worcester, MA$99,440$71,840$170,350
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$99,160$83,980$107,580
Nebraska$99,090$64,230$152,240
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$99,090$70,510$162,860
Lincoln, NE$99,090$58,080$150,800
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$98,970$68,870$144,160
Reno, NV$98,890$77,650$155,500
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$98,740$70,850$161,200
Pennsylvania$98,740$63,510$151,720
Missoula, MT$98,470$60,900$159,410
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$98,340$80,140$175,800
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$97,600$66,990$113,030
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$97,530$84,330$105,470
Lynchburg, VA$97,090$60,950$121,050
Lancaster, PA$96,920$76,270$106,290
Redding, CA$96,880$77,770$152,190
Manchester-Nashua, NH$96,830$80,650$180,090
Flint, MI$96,740$73,560$166,300
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$96,740$80,140$159,410
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$96,740$63,800$124,440
New Haven, CT$96,700$81,310$182,230
Utica-Rome, NY$96,480$62,770$121,320
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$96,340$77,050$144,730
Laredo, TX$96,320$64,360$111,380
Reading, PA$96,150$91,210$115,850
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$96,120$55,830$107,760
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$96,040$59,740$157,480
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$95,920$70,510$177,150
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$95,650$73,230$112,870
San Angelo, TX$95,640$46,530$177,440
Montana$95,640$61,360$141,290
Yuma, AZ$95,640$61,960$107,240
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$95,640$55,560$107,240
Nevada$95,590$61,640$153,900
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$95,590$61,640$153,900
Syracuse, NY$95,550$60,880$134,430
Grand Junction, CO$95,490$66,160$146,490
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$95,420$91,040$96,980
Connecticut$95,420$77,210$116,220
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$94,970$58,330$162,010
Lexington-Fayette, KY$94,780$58,480$163,720
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$94,560$63,760$119,920
Salem, OR$94,330$63,060$132,400
Greeley, CO$94,270$64,570$143,710
York-Hanover, PA$94,070$63,510$162,200
Eugene-Springfield, OR$93,540$89,940$163,720
Wisconsin$92,910$67,630$107,240
Kenosha, WI$92,910$88,550$92,910
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$92,750$60,390$107,240
Michigan$92,560$71,820$166,300
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$92,440$67,720$127,690
Pueblo, CO$92,420$66,170$104,470
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$91,960$55,340$157,290
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$91,950$54,100$155,110
Appleton, WI$91,680$78,080$100,570
Kansas City, MO-KS$91,620$56,290$153,150
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$91,600$75,890$122,470
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$91,600$58,300$117,730
Green Bay, WI$91,410$71,160$146,490
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$91,400$52,850$155,110
Charlottesville, VA$91,380$60,310$135,970
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$90,750$69,570$138,920
Springfield, IL$90,690$59,990$137,860
West Virginia$90,690$45,300$168,040
Jacksonville, NC$90,690$57,650$133,560
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$90,690$48,800$146,490
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$90,420$81,930$95,520
Cheyenne, WY$90,330$63,200$155,110
New Hampshire$90,050$75,680$160,620
Huntsville, AL$90,010$38,040$174,740
Texas$89,860$50,920$137,860
Eagle Pass, TX$89,860$55,560$107,240
Illinois$89,740$53,600$158,720
Boise City, ID$89,540$60,340$155,110
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$89,220$57,180$108,830
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$88,780$76,670$146,020
Rhode Island$88,780$76,670$146,020
Wausau, WI$88,610$81,440$91,740
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$88,540$61,260$107,240
Richmond, VA$88,500$64,400$152,880
Delaware$88,350$60,670$175,430
Visalia, CA$88,030$46,900$111,960
St. George, UT$87,760$37,400$159,410
Wichita, KS$87,410$55,120$113,030
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$86,940$55,560$111,590
New Mexico$86,840$48,040$107,240
Kingston, NY$86,600$70,720$112,700
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$86,440$51,720$188,820
Cleveland, OH$86,250$60,040$166,500
Grand Forks, ND-MN$86,240$55,560$197,020
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$86,200$72,540$105,300
St. Louis, MO-IL$86,200$55,580$158,830
Fargo, ND-MN$86,160$51,890$142,190
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$86,120$58,100$112,700
Modesto, CA$86,050$49,000$128,480
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$85,800$76,520$146,490
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$85,680$56,750$115,070
Pittsburgh, PA$85,430$65,020$160,370
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$85,360$61,290$128,940
Bangor, ME$85,230$57,970$142,190
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$85,180$74,730$95,370
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$84,980$49,020$173,180
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$84,660$80,140$121,450
North Dakota$84,580$55,560$123,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$84,340$60,380$145,370
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$83,760$66,870$107,830
Binghamton, NY$83,270$56,850$124,860
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$82,910$49,420$148,570
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$82,700$60,850$156,370
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$82,650$72,720$109,870
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$82,370$56,750$107,240
Minnesota$82,330$60,130$115,810
Corpus Christi, TX$81,880$46,530$155,880
Battle Creek, MI$81,490$57,150$96,740
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$81,480$58,950$133,560
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$81,410$56,960$159,100
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$81,050$47,250$157,560
Colorado Springs, CO$80,830$65,090$141,290
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$80,760$48,960$155,110
Maine$80,750$59,740$122,640
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$80,720$61,060$91,230
Bowling Green, KY$80,710$40,900$159,410
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$80,570$58,370$96,870
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$80,410$72,000$96,740
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$80,290$49,670$156,020
Wyoming$80,250$62,230$146,490
Saginaw, MI$80,140$71,770$107,830
Youngstown-Warren, OH$80,120$55,390$110,490
Oklahoma City, OK$80,080$55,090$129,250
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$80,010$61,240$118,830
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$79,970$63,620$93,530
Twin Falls, ID$79,850$68,490$89,980
Evansville, IN$79,690$46,900$108,700
Glens Falls, NY$79,680$54,080$112,700
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$79,640$55,290$143,230
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$79,540$64,860$92,530
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$79,320$48,560$101,930
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$78,880$62,470$78,880
Peoria, IL$78,780$38,190$117,270
Missouri$78,670$48,690$153,150
Flagstaff, AZ$78,600$61,310$137,860
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$78,550$46,640$152,170
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$78,460$46,700$155,110
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$78,450$42,670$114,730
Portland-South Portland, ME$78,360$65,920$170,350
Florida$78,290$51,290$160,620
Fayetteville, NC$78,020$53,470$139,360
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$77,960$48,220$146,490
Ohio$77,940$57,510$151,900
Columbus, OH$77,940$57,510$143,750
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$77,570$68,300$99,990
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$77,470$47,040$116,150
Rochester, MN$77,460$52,460$106,300
Idaho$77,460$54,570$142,190
Eau Claire, WI$77,450$70,530$100,570
Ogden, UT$77,440$48,670$159,410
Rapid City, SD$77,440$58,430$130,980
Tulsa, OK$77,440$51,000$146,490
Iowa$77,440$56,580$143,230
Kentucky$77,440$49,820$150,800
Oklahoma$77,440$51,030$129,250
South Dakota$77,440$59,540$142,190
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$77,440$52,070$168,040
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$77,440$49,150$96,740
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$77,210$59,430$142,190
Santa Fe, NM$77,130$49,870$92,310
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$76,750$56,600$129,900
Birmingham, AL$76,580$43,990$160,910
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$76,540$50,130$83,630
Duluth, MN-WI$76,500$61,220$113,030
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$76,130$55,960$99,130
Toledo, OH$76,110$58,760$107,270
Billings, MT$76,060$59,220$150,800
Port St. Lucie, FL$75,920$46,450$165,190
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$75,920$51,610$97,520
Knoxville, TN$75,850$57,240$150,800
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$75,810$46,590$107,240
Fort Wayne, IN$75,700$57,170$111,990
Punta Gorda, FL$75,680$57,720$148,450
Jacksonville, FL$75,630$59,430$168,040
College Station-Bryan, TX$75,480$43,000$91,900
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$75,420$59,950$149,980
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$75,420$61,950$112,320
Waco, TX$75,270$48,480$150,800
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$75,010$64,620$97,300
Coeur d'Alene, ID$74,930$44,660$134,470
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$74,920$62,960$104,330
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$74,800$49,140$95,630
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$74,740$57,970$104,330
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$74,720$53,100$104,890
Jackson, TN$74,680$58,010$146,490
Indiana$74,600$49,870$130,440
Johnson City, TN$74,600$44,190$151,720
Utah$74,530$48,670$150,800
Akron, OH$73,900$61,530$153,000
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$73,650$58,410$97,800
Champaign-Urbana, IL$73,480$57,270$97,380
Sherman-Denison, TX$73,330$50,920$163,820
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$73,200$45,940$105,770
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$72,900$50,220$90,350
Tennessee$72,800$49,670$144,290
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$72,750$43,990$90,380
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$72,590$51,420$94,690
Midland, TX$72,430$55,560$129,250
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$72,400$50,450$111,590
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$72,300$42,810$160,470
Lubbock, TX$71,490$42,070$101,930
Pocatello, ID$71,250$69,410$96,990
St. Cloud, MN$70,680$53,660$102,040
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$70,620$56,890$117,850
Chattanooga, TN-GA$70,520$51,170$155,110
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$70,520$56,630$150,800
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$70,420$58,990$85,040
Tyler, TX$70,340$42,990$155,110
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$69,960$49,140$104,330
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$69,950$41,020$133,560
Raleigh-Cary, NC$69,620$60,890$139,360
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$69,530$52,700$158,350
Clarksville, TN-KY$69,520$58,440$124,710
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$69,460$59,540$93,930
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$69,350$50,570$89,020
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$69,330$53,100$91,590
Auburn-Opelika, AL$69,320$49,020$75,900
Montgomery, AL$69,320$46,890$133,560
Albany, GA$69,280$43,630$130,980
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$69,190$54,410$159,410
Greenville, NC$68,400$50,310$92,610
Kansas$68,180$46,420$101,320
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$68,070$57,740$92,570
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$67,840$58,190$137,860
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$67,120$56,240$91,640
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$67,100$44,990$155,110
Gainesville, FL$67,010$48,620$142,190
Amarillo, TX$67,000$42,990$142,190
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$66,910$55,390$87,920
Puerto Rico$66,840$38,130$155,110
Gainesville, GA$66,760$55,740$74,500
Warner Robins, GA$66,580$52,830$95,640
Columbia, SC$66,440$51,470$146,490
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$66,370$52,710$114,110
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$66,370$54,800$87,980
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$66,100$52,400$129,250
Alabama$66,020$41,970$147,850
Savannah, GA$65,800$39,710$150,800
Monroe, LA$65,660$38,450$73,300
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$65,420$46,690$103,290
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$65,390$43,910$90,400
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$65,320$42,370$138,400
Macon-Bibb County, GA$65,320$53,330$85,290
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$65,240$61,440$81,280
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$65,190$49,870$111,990
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$65,140$52,710$143,400
Georgia$64,990$43,820$146,490
Springfield, MO$64,680$46,180$155,110
Farmington, NM$64,580$45,610$73,410
Rocky Mount, NC$64,480$54,640$68,780
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$64,430$46,240$72,210
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$63,960$36,150$77,670
Burlington, NC$63,870$46,290$67,730
Greensboro-High Point, NC$63,680$49,490$150,800
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$63,250$38,130$146,490
South Carolina$63,060$49,740$146,490
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$63,030$53,310$155,110
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$62,940$50,130$103,290
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$62,770$47,510$84,250
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$62,620$42,990$115,940
North Carolina$62,480$49,820$134,870
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$62,460$49,780$142,190
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$62,270$48,530$87,400
Wilmington, NC$62,210$55,840$150,800
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$62,090$51,020$79,080
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$61,970$45,170$121,020
Bismarck, ND$61,920$47,530$123,000
Columbia, MO$61,900$48,690$72,640
Asheville, NC$61,770$51,450$112,320
Jackson, MS$61,350$40,490$142,190
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$60,690$42,990$84,440
Killeen-Temple, TX$60,120$42,300$108,700
Lake Charles, LA$60,060$39,320$110,140
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$60,020$43,610$126,800
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$60,010$48,000$133,560
Odessa, TX$59,980$49,060$84,060
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$59,950$45,000$93,480
Baton Rouge, LA$59,780$45,770$112,730
Louisiana$59,500$39,320$129,250
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$59,450$42,610$137,860
Naples-Marco Island, FL$59,300$45,860$77,390
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$59,240$48,950$67,880
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$59,230$53,080$155,110
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$59,210$45,970$69,280
Texarkana, TX-AR$59,150$43,280$146,490
Ocala, FL$58,820$39,690$95,190
Victoria, TX$58,720$50,530$69,450
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$58,640$51,210$78,020
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$58,490$49,480$74,760
Morristown, TN$58,250$49,650$90,200
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,990$42,300$81,880
Tallahassee, FL$57,900$36,050$102,030
Winston-Salem, NC$57,880$42,220$85,670
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$57,740$46,260$146,490
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$57,410$46,940$146,490
Terre Haute, IN$57,280$47,960$83,670
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$56,780$47,400$155,110
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$56,600$39,580$91,260
Abilene, TX$56,510$42,990$101,440
Hinesville, GA$56,480$46,000$108,700
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$56,380$47,260$75,150
Lafayette, LA$56,340$42,360$90,690
Mississippi$56,310$40,710$129,250
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$56,280$43,090$137,680
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$56,280$48,810$67,970
Longview, TX$56,100$46,530$72,210
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$55,960$33,600$149,780
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$55,960$48,410$71,410
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$55,220$44,340$90,200
Goldsboro, NC$54,990$49,160$75,930
Jefferson City, MO$54,940$36,920$150,800
Athens-Clarke County, GA$54,820$43,040$82,300
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$54,770$47,510$61,560
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$54,540$42,970$81,590
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$54,500$52,290$62,150
Topeka, KS$54,020$38,880$80,940
Sumter, SC$53,480$48,810$64,050
Arkansas$53,460$40,360$142,190
Alexandria, LA$53,330$39,050$104,110
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$53,030$39,580$75,800
Sebring, FL$52,660$50,950$68,220
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$52,590$40,060$70,500
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$52,400$40,250$56,560
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$52,400$47,850$83,870
Wichita Falls, TX$52,250$41,340$92,750
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$52,000$38,830$101,440
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$51,830$42,450$95,640
Florence, SC$51,750$48,460$142,190
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$51,390$32,770$59,670
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$50,960$34,620$68,840
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$50,920$42,330$69,280
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$50,810$42,850$82,660
Columbus, GA-AL$50,580$35,160$154,790
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$50,250$47,330$85,590
Hattiesburg, MS$49,990$44,160$75,240
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$49,910$42,800$69,280
Joplin, MO-KS$49,780$43,110$66,450
Valdosta, GA$49,150$46,370$56,590
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$48,690$38,010$56,460
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$48,670$39,100$78,410
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,660$33,180$62,160
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$48,340$39,320$75,130
Albuquerque, NM$48,040$48,040$134,970
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$46,910$38,560$82,620
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$46,310$20,750$73,480
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$45,840$41,220$51,100
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$44,900$35,950$55,670
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$42,720$39,760$58,440
Hammond, LA$42,640$30,750$198,970
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$40,870$33,600$64,260

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Detectives and Criminal Investigators make?▾

The median annual salary for a Detectives and Criminal Investigators is $93,580, with a typical range of $54,160 – $159,410 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Detectives and Criminal Investigators?▾

Entry-level Detectives and Criminal Investigators positions typically start around $54,160 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Detectives and Criminal Investigatorss earn the most?▾

Detectives and Criminal Investigatorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.