The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of private detectives and 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 | $36,550 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $41,710 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $61,260 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $86,590 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $131,950 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and 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 $131,950. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $61,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,550.
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 | $61,260 | -4.82% | 14.20% |
| 2021 | $64,210 | 17.79% | - |
| 2020 | $52,790 | 0.83% | - |
| 2019 | $52,350 | -14.98% | - |
| 2018 | $60,190 | -2.04% | - |
| 2017 | $61,420 | 0.91% | - |
| 2016 | $60,860 | -0.48% | - |
| 2015 | $61,150 | -1.47% | - |
| 2014 | $62,050 | 1.89% | - |
| 2013 | $60,880 | 13.67% | - |
| 2012 | $52,560 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $61,260, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for private detectives and investigators in state of New York, following the highest paying city Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown (median annual salary of $66,520). Compared with Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, the median annual salary of private detectives and investigators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 7.9 percent (7.9%) lower.
| 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 |