The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of detectives and criminal investigators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 | $63,670 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $113,490 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $161,950 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $170,390 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $170,390. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $113,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,670.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of detectives and criminal investigators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $113,490 | 6.16% | 11.81% |
| 2021 | $106,500 | 6.94% | - |
| 2020 | $99,110 | 2.87% | - |
| 2019 | $96,270 | 0.91% | - |
| 2018 | $95,390 | 2.22% | - |
| 2017 | $93,270 | -1.10% | - |
| 2016 | $94,300 | -0.35% | - |
| 2015 | $94,630 | -7.04% | - |
| 2014 | $101,290 | 0.02% | - |
| 2013 | $101,270 | 1.17% | - |
| 2012 | $100,090 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $113,490, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for detectives and criminal investigators in state of New York, following the highest paying city Nassau-Suffolk (median annual salary of $130,980). Compared with Nassau-Suffolk, the median annual salary of detectives and criminal investigators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 13.4 percent (13.4%) lower.