The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of private detectives and investigators in Dallas-Plano-Irving 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 | $28,310 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,060 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $40,860 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $57,510 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $77,520 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,520. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $40,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,310.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of private detectives and investigators from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $40,860 | 10.33% | -17.35% |
| 2016 | $36,640 | -6.25% | - |
| 2015 | $38,930 | 3.19% | - |
| 2014 | $37,690 | -68.98% | - |
| 2013 | $63,690 | 24.71% | - |
| 2012 | $47,950 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $40,860 in Dallas-Plano-Irving 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-Plano-Irving is 47.1 percent (47.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Tyler and 14.0 percent (14.0%) 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 |