The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of detectives and criminal investigators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $45,660 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $56,970 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,240 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $149,590 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $172,240 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $172,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,240. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,660.
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 | $78,240 | -0.14% | 18.70% |
| 2021 | $78,350 | -3.36% | - |
| 2020 | $80,980 | 0.42% | - |
| 2019 | $80,640 | -4.86% | - |
| 2018 | $84,560 | 7.11% | - |
| 2017 | $78,550 | 4.58% | - |
| 2016 | $74,950 | 5.07% | - |
| 2015 | $71,150 | 5.62% | - |
| 2014 | $67,150 | 4.11% | - |
| 2013 | $64,390 | 1.21% | - |
| 2012 | $63,610 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,240 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for detectives and criminal investigators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of detectives and criminal investigators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 17.8 percent (17.8%) lower than that in the highest paying El Paso and 39.3 percent (39.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Wichita Falls.