Detectives and Criminal Investigators Salary in Ithaca, New York

The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in Ithaca, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of detectives and criminal investigators in Ithaca 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 Ithaca, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$69,280
25th Percentile Wage
$79,320
50th Percentile Wage
$99,250
75th Percentile Wage
$140,150
90th Percentile Wage
$164,680

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in Ithaca, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $164,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $99,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $69,280.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of detectives and criminal investigators from 2012 to 2020. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2020
$99,250
0.71% 0.71%
2019
$98,550
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Table 2. Compare Detectives and Criminal Investigators Salary in Ithaca with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $99,250 in Ithaca is in the middle of salary range for detectives and criminal investigators in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of detectives and criminal investigators in Ithaca is 24.2 percent (24.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Nassau-Suffolk and 33.5 percent (33.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Glens Falls.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Nassau-Suffolk
$130,980
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$113,490
Ithaca
$99,250
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$95,900
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$95,710
Watertown-Fort Drum
$95,220
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$95,220
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$95,080
Rochester
$94,900
Utica-Rome
$94,070
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$92,380
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$88,810
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$83,550
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$83,150
Kingston
$82,810
Binghamton
$82,790
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$82,340
Syracuse
$77,520
Elmira
$69,530
Glens Falls
$66,020

See also: Top paying jobs in Ithaca, New York.