The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of private detectives and investigators in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 | $47,190 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $58,160 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,480 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $98,770 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $127,770 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $127,770. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,480. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,190.
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 | $76,480 | 11.60% | 12.16% |
| 2016 | $67,610 | 28.41% | - |
| 2015 | $48,400 | 5.97% | - |
| 2014 | $45,510 | -22.59% | - |
| 2013 | $55,790 | -20.42% | - |
| 2012 | $67,180 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $76,480, Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is the second highest paying city for private detectives and investigators in state of Washington, following the highest paying city Olympia (median annual salary of $98,070). Compared with Olympia, the median annual salary of private detectives and investigators in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 22.0 percent (22.0%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Olympia | |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett | |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | |
| Spokane |