The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Bakersfield-Delano, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of private detectives and investigators in Bakersfield-Delano 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 | $29,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,370 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,690 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $76,440 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $190,950 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in Bakersfield-Delano, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $190,950. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,690. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,120.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of private detectives and investigators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $38,690 | -98.71% | -101.21% |
| 2021 | $76,880 | 31.79% | - |
| 2020 | $52,440 | 5.07% | - |
| 2018 | $49,780 | -56.39% | - |
| 2015 | $77,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,690 in Bakersfield-Delano is in the middle of salary range for private detectives and investigators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of private detectives and investigators in Bakersfield-Delano is 49.2 percent (49.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 2.9 percent (2.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fresno.