The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of private detectives and investigators in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 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 | $34,290 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,370 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,830 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $60,820 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $76,350 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $76,350. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,830. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,290.
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 | $38,830 | -51.89% | -68.63% |
| 2021 | $58,980 | -2.26% | - |
| 2020 | $60,310 | -2.27% | - |
| 2019 | $61,680 | -1.36% | - |
| 2018 | $62,520 | 9.53% | - |
| 2017 | $56,560 | 11.53% | - |
| 2016 | $50,040 | 5.08% | - |
| 2015 | $47,500 | 0.99% | - |
| 2014 | $47,030 | -2.49% | - |
| 2013 | $48,200 | -35.85% | - |
| 2012 | $65,480 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,830 in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario is 49.0 percent (49.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 3.2 percent (3.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fresno.