The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of private detectives and 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 | $41,730 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,030 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,110 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $85,620 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $102,820 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and 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 $102,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,730.
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 | $76,110 | -1.38% | 10.73% |
| 2021 | $77,160 | -21.28% | - |
| 2020 | $93,580 | 20.94% | - |
| 2019 | $73,980 | 10.03% | - |
| 2018 | $66,560 | -5.03% | - |
| 2017 | $69,910 | 24.45% | - |
| 2016 | $52,820 | 7.31% | - |
| 2015 | $48,960 | 0.86% | - |
| 2014 | $48,540 | -20.83% | - |
| 2013 | $58,650 | -15.84% | - |
| 2012 | $67,940 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $76,110, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the highest paying city for private detectives and investigators in state of California, followed by Oakland-Fremont-Hayward (median annual salary $76,070). In comparison, the median annual salary of private detectives and investigators in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is .1 percent (.1%) higher than that in Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.