The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of detectives and criminal investigators in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $81,260 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $94,440 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $103,170 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $144,890 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $173,890 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $173,890. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $103,170. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $81,260.
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 | $103,170 | -4.05% | -11.57% |
| 2021 | $107,350 | -20.08% | - |
| 2020 | $128,910 | 4.67% | - |
| 2019 | $122,890 | 0.12% | - |
| 2018 | $122,740 | 2.92% | - |
| 2017 | $119,160 | 1.07% | - |
| 2016 | $117,880 | 3.06% | - |
| 2015 | $114,270 | -10.58% | - |
| 2014 | $126,360 | 2.90% | - |
| 2013 | $122,690 | 6.18% | - |
| 2012 | $115,110 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $103,170 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 25.8 percent (25.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 31.1 percent (31.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.