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Detectives and Criminal Investigators Salary in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas

The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of detectives and criminal investigators in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 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 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$40,000
25th Percentile Wage
$44,720
50th Percentile Wage
$57,300
75th Percentile Wage
$72,440
90th Percentile Wage
$117,960

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $117,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $57,300. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,000.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of detectives and criminal investigators from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$57,300
16.16% 12.91%
2021
$48,040
-13.95% -
2020
$54,740
-0.71% -
2019
$55,130
9.92% -
2018
$49,660
8.28% -
2017
$45,550
-0.20% -
2016
$45,640
7.41% -
2015
$42,260
-19.31% -
2014
$50,420
-1.15% -
2013
$51,000
2.16% -
2012
$49,900
- -

Table 2. Compare Detectives and Criminal Investigators Salary in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $57,300 in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 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 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood is 39.8 percent (39.8%) lower than that in the highest paying El Paso and 17.1 percent (17.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Wichita Falls.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
El Paso
$95,220
Brownsville-Harlingen
$95,220
Laredo
$92,970
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$92,580
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$92,280
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$89,940
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$89,940
Midland
$82,760
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$82,090
Lubbock
$79,510
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$78,240
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$74,970
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$69,370
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$66,210
Corpus Christi
$64,460
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$62,400
Sherman-Denison
$62,210
San Angelo
$60,270
Tyler
$60,150
College Station-Bryan
$59,940
Waco
$59,700
Fort Worth-Arlington
$59,320
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$58,930
Amarillo
$57,810
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$57,300
Victoria
$57,000
Texarkana-Texarkana
$54,680
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$50,990
Abilene
$50,350
Odessa
$49,150
Longview
$48,300
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$47,550
Wichita Falls
$47,530

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