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Private Detectives and Investigators Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of private detectives and investigators in 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Private Detectives and Investigators in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$30,200
25th Percentile Wage
$36,610
50th Percentile Wage
$51,190
75th Percentile Wage
$74,230
90th Percentile Wage
$92,500

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in 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 $92,500. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $51,190. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,200.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of private detectives and investigators from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$51,190
-10.76% -10.76%
2016
$56,700
0.60% -
2015
$56,360
-33.85% -
2014
$75,440
24.84% -
2012
$56,700
- -

Table 2. Compare Private Detectives and Investigators Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $51,190 in 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 Fort Worth-Arlington is 33.7 percent (33.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Tyler and 31.4 percent (31.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying El Paso.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Tyler
$77,190
Midland
$67,310
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$58,560
Waco
$57,920
Lubbock
$56,380
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$52,790
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$52,030
Fort Worth-Arlington
$51,190
Longview
$46,540
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$45,760
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$40,860
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$39,520
Amarillo
$38,320
Corpus Christi
$37,990
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$36,260
El Paso
$35,130