The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of private detectives and investigators in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 | $35,360 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $41,590 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $58,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,270 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $85,100 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $85,100. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $58,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,360.
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 | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $58,560 | 8.50% | -0.05% |
| 2021 | $53,580 | -2.76% | - |
| 2020 | $55,060 | 27.10% | - |
| 2019 | $40,140 | -12.26% | - |
| 2017 | $45,060 | 0.13% | - |
| 2016 | $45,000 | -30.20% | - |
| 2015 | $58,590 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $58,560 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for private detectives and investigators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of private detectives and investigators in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 24.1 percent (24.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Tyler and 40.0 percent (40.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying El Paso.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Tyler | |
| Midland | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Waco | |
| Lubbock | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Longview | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Amarillo | |
| Corpus Christi | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| El Paso |