The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of private detectives and 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 | $34,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,220 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $63,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $78,240 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,000 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and 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 $82,000. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,390.
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 | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $63,120 | 2.42% | -9.13% |
| 2021 | $61,590 | -26.77% | - |
| 2020 | $78,080 | -2.00% | - |
| 2019 | $79,640 | 4.04% | - |
| 2018 | $76,420 | 9.87% | - |
| 2017 | $68,880 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $68,880 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $63,120 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 17.1 percent (17.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 40.5 percent (40.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fresno.