The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in Visalia-Porterville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of detectives and criminal investigators in Visalia-Porterville 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 | $36,520 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $42,430 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,870 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $79,870 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $91,910 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in Visalia-Porterville, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $91,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,520.
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 | $79,870 | 3.23% | 14.32% |
| 2021 | $77,290 | 42.67% | - |
| 2020 | $44,310 | 1.74% | - |
| 2019 | $43,540 | -61.94% | - |
| 2014 | $70,510 | -0.52% | - |
| 2013 | $70,880 | 3.46% | - |
| 2012 | $68,430 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,870 in Visalia-Porterville 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 Visalia-Porterville is 42.6 percent (42.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 11.0 percent (11.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.