Private Detectives and Investigators Salary in Tyler, Texas

The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Tyler, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of private detectives and investigators in Tyler 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 Tyler, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$44,870
25th Percentile Wage
$77,190
50th Percentile Wage
$77,190
75th Percentile Wage
$77,190
90th Percentile Wage
$77,190

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in Tyler, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,190. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,870.

Table 2. Compare Private Detectives and Investigators Salary in Tyler with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $77,190, Tyler is the highest paying city for private detectives and investigators in state of Texas, followed by Midland (median annual salary $67,310). In comparison, the median annual salary of private detectives and investigators in Tyler is 12.8 percent (12.8%) higher than that in Midland.

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

See also: Top paying jobs in Tyler, Texas.