The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of private detectives and investigators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $30,190 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $52,030 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $81,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $90,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $90,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $52,030. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,190.
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 | $52,030 | -22.70% | -26.10% |
| 2021 | $63,840 | 18.75% | - |
| 2020 | $51,870 | -3.12% | - |
| 2019 | $53,490 | 1.72% | - |
| 2018 | $52,570 | 0.06% | - |
| 2017 | $52,540 | 6.66% | - |
| 2015 | $49,040 | -0.16% | - |
| 2014 | $49,120 | -13.84% | - |
| 2013 | $55,920 | -17.33% | - |
| 2012 | $65,610 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $52,030 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 32.6 percent (32.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Tyler and 32.5 percent (32.5%) 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 |