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Detectives and Criminal Investigators Salary in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida

The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage information of detectives and criminal investigators in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$51,900
25th Percentile Wage
$67,520
50th Percentile Wage
$100,790
75th Percentile Wage
$138,240
90th Percentile Wage
$155,000

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $155,000. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $100,790. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,900.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of detectives and criminal investigators from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$100,790
2.79% 18.23%
2021
$97,980
3.97% -
2020
$94,090
3.45% -
2019
$90,840
-2.44% -
2018
$93,060
-1.54% -
2017
$94,490
1.83% -
2016
$92,760
-0.10% -
2015
$92,850
5.51% -
2014
$87,730
2.25% -
2013
$85,760
3.89% -
2012
$82,420
- -

Table 2. Compare Detectives and Criminal Investigators Salary in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach with Other Florida Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $100,790, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach is the second highest paying city for detectives and criminal investigators in state of Florida, following the highest paying city Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall (median annual salary of $103,420). Compared with Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, the median annual salary of detectives and criminal investigators in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach is 2.5 percent (2.5%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall
$103,420
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach
$100,790
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach
$90,130
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach
$89,360
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater
$87,770
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
$85,180
Port St Lucie
$74,120
Jacksonville
$73,250
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent
$65,230
Cape Coral-Fort Myers
$62,870
South Florida nonmetropolitan area
$60,500
Naples-Marco Island
$59,170
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota
$57,940
Gainesville
$56,760
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
$56,470
Sebastian-Vero Beach
$56,080
Ocala
$51,940
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach
$51,490
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
$51,290
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin
$50,590
North Florida nonmetropolitan area
$49,690
Lakeland-Winter Haven
$49,620
Tallahassee
$49,050
Punta Gorda
$48,010
Homosassa Springs
$45,740
Sebring
$44,140
Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area
$43,220
Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area
$39,700

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