The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of detectives and criminal investigators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $79,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $95,970 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $117,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $133,830 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $162,760 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $162,760. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $117,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $79,980.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of detectives and criminal investigators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $117,850 | 3.01% | 0.45% |
| 2021 | $114,300 | -14.88% | - |
| 2020 | $131,310 | 3.17% | - |
| 2019 | $127,150 | 2.04% | - |
| 2018 | $124,560 | 2.95% | - |
| 2017 | $120,880 | 2.95% | - |
| 2016 | $117,320 | 2.91% | - |
| 2015 | $113,910 | -2.99% | - |
| 2012 | $117,320 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $117,850 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for detectives and criminal investigators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of detectives and criminal investigators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 15.2 percent (15.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 39.7 percent (39.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.