The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of private detectives and investigators in Albany-Schenectady-Troy 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 | $33,300 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,270 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $46,980 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,550 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $115,900 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $115,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,980. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,300.
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 | $46,980 | -20.31% | -33.93% |
| 2021 | $56,520 | -31.33% | - |
| 2020 | $74,230 | 4.61% | - |
| 2019 | $70,810 | 5.68% | - |
| 2018 | $66,790 | 33.21% | - |
| 2016 | $44,610 | -3.18% | - |
| 2015 | $46,030 | 1.89% | - |
| 2014 | $45,160 | -48.49% | - |
| 2013 | $67,060 | 6.17% | - |
| 2012 | $62,920 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,980 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is in the middle of salary range for private detectives and investigators in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of private detectives and investigators in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is 29.4 percent (29.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown and 37.8 percent (37.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Binghamton.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Syracuse | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Rochester | |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Central New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Binghamton |