Private Detectives and Investigators Salary

$50,831National Average
$36,550 - $80,060Salary Range
157Metro Areas

Private Detectives and Investigators Salaries by Location

LocationMedian Salary
Lexington Park, MDMD$80,060
Salem, OROR$79,550
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAOR$79,110
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INIL$77,680
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIMN$76,730
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CACA$75,400
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZAZ$75,230
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCNC$74,720
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CTCT$73,530
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CTCT$73,530
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAWA$69,550
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CACA$69,500
Syracuse, NYNY$69,120
Jefferson City, MOMO$68,330
Burlington-South Burlington, VTVT$67,520
Manchester-Nashua, NHNH$65,260
Richmond, VAVA$63,580
Albuquerque, NMNM$62,600
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVDC$62,190
Waterbury-Shelton, CTCT$61,850
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDMD$60,450
Tyler, TXTX$60,450
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHMA$60,280
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CACA$59,950
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CACA$59,840
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJNY$59,840
Stockton-Lodi, CACA$59,640
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, COCO$59,040
Anchorage, AKAK$58,880
Vallejo, CACA$58,250
Ogden, UTUT$57,980
New Haven, CTCT$57,770
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CACA$57,680
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WAWA$57,650
Greenville, NCNC$57,590
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CACA$57,130
Cleveland, OHOH$57,030
Cincinnati, OH-KY-INOH$56,660
Salt Lake City-Murray, UTUT$55,970
Rochester, NYNY$55,500
Trenton-Princeton, NJNJ$55,230
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-ILIA$55,050
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FLFL$54,720
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXTX$54,080
Portland-South Portland, MEME$53,770
Gulfport-Biloxi, MSMS$53,540
Peoria, ILIL$53,440
Akron, OHOH$53,190
Madison, WIWI$52,530
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FLFL$52,470
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FLFL$52,360
Reading, PAPA$51,960
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PAPA$51,850
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXTX$51,820
Birmingham, ALAL$51,730
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CACA$51,650
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDPA$51,610
Providence-Warwick, RI-MARI$51,610
Modesto, CACA$51,560
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJPA$51,220
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OHOH$51,110
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TXTX$51,080
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLFL$50,860
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIMI$50,630
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SCSC$50,530
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SCSC$50,530
Pittsburgh, PAPA$50,390
Montgomery, ALAL$50,240
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NYNY$50,060
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-INKY$49,920
Jacksonville, FLFL$49,050
Knoxville, TNTN$48,930
Fresno, CACA$48,880
Gainesville, FLFL$48,870
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UTUT$48,600
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NYNY$48,600
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PAPA$48,430
Port St. Lucie, FLFL$48,380
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FLFL$48,380
Boise City, IDID$48,170
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FLFL$48,120
Corpus Christi, TXTX$48,120
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NYNY$47,860
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FLFL$47,860
Memphis, TN-MS-ARTN$47,790
Baton Rouge, LALA$47,700
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NVNV$47,550
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, ININ$47,430
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IAIA$47,060
Ocala, FLFL$47,020
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LALA$46,870
Charleston, WVWV$46,820
Columbus, OHOH$46,810
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TNTN$46,610
Columbia, SCSC$46,580
Springfield, MAMA$46,570
Fayetteville, NCNC$46,510
Savannah, GAGA$46,500
Kansas City, MO-KSMO$46,390
Bakersfield-Delano, CACA$46,390
Chattanooga, TN-GATN$45,920
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FLFL$45,900
Colorado Springs, COCO$45,840
Omaha, NE-IANE$45,710
Visalia, CACA$45,710
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FLFL$45,510
Evansville, ININ$45,400
Lexington-Fayette, KYKY$45,290
Reno, NVNV$45,020
Worcester, MAMA$45,020
Tallahassee, FLFL$44,910
Fort Smith, AR-OKAR$44,910
Tulsa, OKOK$44,870
Tucson, AZAZ$44,780
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FLFL$44,630
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAGA$44,590
St. Louis, MO-ILMO$44,510
Urban Honolulu, HIHI$44,390
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SCGA$43,920
Charleston-North Charleston, SCSC$43,860
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXTX$43,310
Raleigh-Cary, NCNC$43,230
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PRPR$43,180
New Orleans-Metairie, LALA$42,890
Jackson, MSMS$42,400
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FLFL$42,340
El Paso, TXTX$42,100
Lafayette, LALA$42,100
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MIMI$41,500
Wichita, KSKS$41,450
Winston-Salem, NCNC$41,410
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TXTX$41,370
Lewiston-Auburn, MEME$41,250
Gainesville, GAGA$41,140
St. George, UTUT$41,080
Durham-Chapel Hill, NCNC$41,040
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TXTX$40,900
Springfield, MOMO$40,900
Huntsville, ALAL$40,900
Oklahoma City, OKOK$40,790
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, ARAR$40,220
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OHWV$40,130
Greensboro-High Point, NCNC$39,990
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WIWI$39,670
Fort Wayne, ININ$39,620
Lake Charles, LALA$39,520
Lubbock, TXTX$39,510
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NCVA$39,310
Toledo, OHOH$39,080
Shreveport-Bossier City, LALA$38,970
Ann Arbor, MIMI$38,810
Mobile, ALAL$38,490
Killeen-Temple, TXTX$38,490
Lansing-East Lansing, MIMI$38,280
Columbus, GA-ALGA$38,010
Wilmington, NCNC$37,680
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NCNC$36,550