The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of private detectives and investigators in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 | $30,250 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,830 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $52,790 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $77,060 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $91,500 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $91,500. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $52,790. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,250.
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 | $52,790 | -1.63% | -5.44% |
| 2021 | $53,650 | -28.01% | - |
| 2019 | $68,680 | 27.87% | - |
| 2018 | $49,540 | 5.51% | - |
| 2017 | $46,810 | 16.30% | - |
| 2016 | $39,180 | -14.65% | - |
| 2015 | $44,920 | 10.37% | - |
| 2014 | $40,260 | -61.03% | - |
| 2013 | $64,830 | 14.14% | - |
| 2012 | $55,660 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $52,790 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 31.6 percent (31.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Tyler and 33.5 percent (33.5%) 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 |