Crime Detectives And Investigators Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

About 106,000 crime detectives and investigators are employed nationally. Workers can expect a very low level of unemployment, if history can be used as a guide. In 2006, 1% of employees could not find jobs.

Flexibility

Part-time crime detectives and investigators are 2% of all surveyed.

Education

Workers often obtain work experience in a related occupation before starting. The percentage of employees with college degrees is 54%. Crime detectives and investigators with some college (less than a bachelor's degree) represent about 35% of the total. Some workers, about 10%, had a high-school education.

Local Outlook

Popular locations for employees include Yuma (Arizona), Brunswick (Georgia), and Brownsville (Texas). Fewer are found in York (Pennsylvania), Worcester (Massachusetts), and Warren (Michigan). Crime detectives and investigators looking for high salaries should look at Oakland (California), Edison (New Jersey), and San Jose (California), and should avoid Valdosta (Georgia), Pascagoula (Mississippi), and Monroe (Louisiana).

Detailed local employment conditions for Crime Detectives And Investigators in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for Crime Detectives And Investigators

Employment info for Crime Detectives And Investigators, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Alabama	Anniston	1.94	50	$42,000
Alabama	Auburn	1.73	40	$39,000
Alabama	Birmingham	0.84	260	$60,000
Alabama	Huntsville	1.13	130
Alabama	Montgomery	1.55	150	$55,000
Arizona	Flagstaff	1.78	50	$60,000
Arizona	Phoenix	1.08	1,250	$57,000
Arizona	Yuma	21.13	690	$51,000
Arkansas	Fayetteville	0.52	60	$46,000
Arkansas	Fort Smith	1.07	70	$47,000
Arkansas	Little Rock	1.06	210	$51,000
California	Fresno	0.72	140	$70,000
California	Oakland	0.77	480	$88,000
California	Oxnard	0.39	70	$78,000
California	Riverside	1.1	880	$68,000
California	Sacramento	1.1	600	$63,000
California	Salinas	0.34	30	$80,000
California	San Diego	3.03	2,450	$61,000
California	San Jose	0.58	320	$84,000
California	San Luis Obispo	0.69	40	$85,000
California	Santa Ana	0.84	790	$82,000
California	Visalia	0.9	70
Colorado	Boulder	0.44	40	$63,000
Colorado	Colorado Springs	0.66	100	$68,000
Colorado	Denver	1.61	1,210	$73,000
Colorado	Greeley	0.97	40	$58,000
Connecticut	Bridgeport	0.76	200	$68,000
Connecticut	Hartford	1.2	410	$68,000
Connecticut	New Haven	1.22	200	$75,000
Connecticut	Norwich	1.01	70	$68,000
Delaware	Dover	2.32	70	$49,000
Delaware	Wilmington	0.97	190	$68,000
District of Columbia	Washington	3.04	4,300	$85,000
Florida	Deltona	1.31	120	$47,000
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	1.67	760	$72,000
Florida	Naples	0.95	70	$54,000
Florida	Orlando	1.1	710	$54,000
Florida	Palm Bay	1.38	160	$54,000
Florida	Panama City	2.64	100	$57,000
Florida	Port St Lucie	1.73	130	$53,000
Florida	Sarasota	0.9	150	$54,000
Florida	Sebastian	1.98	50	$49,000
Florida	Tallahassee	3.27	310	$53,000
Florida	Tampa	1.51	1,150	$60,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	1.21	410	$62,000
Georgia	Albany	3.13	100	$44,000
Georgia	Athens	0.98	40	$46,000
Georgia	Atlanta	1.4	2,050	$55,000
Georgia	Augusta	1.68	200	$40,000
Georgia	Brunswick	14.99	310	$73,000
Georgia	Macon	3.42	190	$50,000
Georgia	Savannah	2.28	200	$51,000
Georgia	Valdosta	1.91	50	$38,000
Georgia	Warner Robins	1.54	40	$45,000
Idaho	Boise	0.82	130	$62,000
Illinois	Champaign	0.83	40	$66,000
Illinois	Chicago	1.33	3,130	$79,000
Illinois	Springfield	1.75	100	$68,000
Indiana	Elkhart	0.54	40	$44,000
Indiana	Gary	0.97	160	$54,000
Indiana	Indianapolis	0.62	330	$56,000
Indiana	Lafayette	0.98	40
Indiana	South Bend	0.38	30	$45,000
Iowa	Davenport	0.58	60	$67,000
Iowa	Des Moines	1.05	200	$60,000
Kansas	Topeka	2.48	150	$51,000
Kansas	Wichita	0.84	150	$54,000
Kentucky	Lexington	0.49	70	$62,000
Kentucky	Louisville	0.46	170	$62,000
Louisiana	Alexandria	6.42	200	$37,000
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	1.08	230	$53,000
Louisiana	Lake Charles	3.94	190	$39,000
Louisiana	Monroe	1.19	50	$37,000
Louisiana	New Orleans	1.5	450	$66,000
Louisiana	Shreveport	0.93	90	$55,000
Maine	Bangor	1.16	40	$49,000
Maine	Portland	1.31	150	$60,000
Maryland	Baltimore	0.95	740	$70,000
Maryland	Bethesda	0.33	110	$81,000
Maryland	Hagerstown	0.89	50	$63,000
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	0.9	50	$63,000
Massachusetts	Boston	1.04	1,080	$72,000
Massachusetts	Springfield	0.34	60	$75,000
Massachusetts	Worcester	0.27	40	$81,000
Michigan	Detroit	1.9	850	$71,000
Michigan	Flint	0.73	60	$62,000
Michigan	Grand Rapids	0.39	90	$71,000
Michigan	Warren	0.21	150	$66,000
Minnesota	Duluth	1.8	130	$58,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	0.7	770	$66,000
Mississippi	Gulfport	2.22	130	$54,000
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	1.29	40	$48,000
Mississippi	Jackson	2.63	390	$56,000
Mississippi	Pascagoula	1.33	30	$39,000
Missouri	Jefferson City	4.24	160	$45,000
Missouri	Joplin	1.87	80	$38,000
Missouri	Kansas City	1.2	740	$55,000
Missouri	Springfield	0.98	110	$51,000
Missouri	St Louis	0.89	730	$59,000
Montana	Billings	1.35	60	$65,000
Montana	Missoula	1.41	40	$61,000
Nebraska	Omaha	0.81	220	$57,000
Nevada	Las Vegas	0.65	370	$68,000
New Hampshire	Manchester	1.08	60	$72,000
New Hampshire	Nashua	0.89	70	$58,000
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	1.3	40	$66,000
New Jersey	Atlantic City	1.64	130	$78,000
New Jersey	Camden	1.49	480	$72,000
New Jersey	Edison	1.1	680	$87,000
New Jersey	Newark	1.56	950	$79,000
New Jersey	Ocean City	3.78	80	$70,000
New Jersey	Trenton	1.65	210	$83,000
New Jersey	Vineland	1.61	50	$61,000
New Mexico	Albuquerque	0.74	170	$69,000
New Mexico	Farmington	1.84	50	$48,000
New York	Albany	5.19	1,350	$68,000
New York	Binghamton	1.14	70	$50,000
New York	Buffalo	2.12	680	$63,000
New York	Kingston	1.25	40	$55,000
New York	New York	1.8	5,520	$65,000
New York	Poughkeepsie	0.99	140	$65,000
New York	Rochester	0.97	290	$60,000
New York	Syracuse	0.89	160	$65,000
New York	Utica	1.39	100	$56,000
North Carolina	Asheville	1.17	120	$46,000
North Carolina	Charlotte	0.83	440	$53,000
North Carolina	Durham	0.77	120	$44,000
North Carolina	Fayetteville	1.19	80	$56,000
North Carolina	Greensboro	1.04	230	$51,000
North Carolina	Greenville	1.85	70	$51,000
North Carolina	Hickory	1.04	100	$40,000
North Carolina	Raleigh	1.32	400	$58,000
North Carolina	Wilmington	1.96	160	$49,000
North Carolina	Winston Salem	0.63	80	$45,000
North Dakota	Fargo	0.77	50	$65,000
North Dakota	Grand Forks	2.68	70	$62,000
Ohio	Akron	0.75	150	$61,000
Ohio	Canton	0.61	60	$55,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	0.75	470	$60,000
Ohio	Cleveland	1.1	710	$68,000
Ohio	Columbus	0.97	540	$56,000
Ohio	Dayton	0.51	120	$68,000
Ohio	Youngstown	1	140	$50,000
Oklahoma	Lawton	2.71	50	$40,000
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1.62	550	$49,000
Oklahoma	Tulsa	0.95	240	$48,000
Oregon	Portland	0.65	410	$66,000
Pennsylvania	Allentown	0.4	80	$69,000
Pennsylvania	Erie	0.81	60	$57,000
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1.24	220	$64,000
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	0.66	90	$58,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1.42	1,600	$70,000
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1	690	$59,000
Pennsylvania	Reading	0.53	50	$57,000
Pennsylvania	Scranton	0.65	100	$58,000
Pennsylvania	York	0.29	30	$61,000
Rhode Island	Providence	1.05	370	$62,000
South Carolina	Charleston	0.7	120	$67,000
South Carolina	Columbia	1.02	210	$54,000
South Carolina	Greenville	0.77	140	$53,000
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	0.45	30	$47,000
South Dakota	Rapid City	1.52	50	$53,000
Tennessee	Chattanooga	0.69	90	$49,000
Tennessee	Jackson	1.74	50	$52,000
Tennessee	Johnson City	1.92	80	$49,000
Tennessee	Kingsport	1.57	100	$46,000
Tennessee	Knoxville	0.61	120	$62,000
Tennessee	Memphis	0.74	280	$55,000
Tennessee	Nashville	0.95	440	$55,000
Texas	Austin	0.67	300	$51,000
Texas	Beaumont	1.22	110	$52,000
Texas	Brownsville	11.78	810	$53,000
Texas	College Station	1.16	50	$46,000
Texas	Corpus Christi	1.41	140	$54,000
Texas	Dallas	0.84	1,050	$63,000
Texas	Fort Worth	0.8	400	$56,000
Texas	Houston	0.96	1,470	$66,000
Texas	Killeen	1.08	70
Texas	Longview	1.58	80	$41,000
Texas	Lubbock	1.23	80	$51,000
Texas	Mcallen	5.75	700	$51,000
Texas	San Angelo	4.52	90
Texas	San Antonio	2.2	1,080	$59,000
Texas	Victoria	1.64	40	$41,000
Utah	Ogden	0.63	70	$54,000
Utah	Provo	0.41	40	$53,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	0.85	310	$57,000
Vermont	Burlington	1.14	70	$71,000
Virginia	Blacksburg	1.68	50	$56,000
Virginia	Charlottesville	1.14	60	$65,000
Virginia	Lynchburg	1.41	80	$65,000
Virginia	Roanoke	1.76	160	$67,000
Virginia	Virginia Beach	0.88	400	$64,000
Washington	Bellingham	4.17	180	$72,000
Washington	Seattle	0.72	620	$76,000
Washington	Tacoma	1.01	160	$72,000
Washington	Yakima	1.13	50	$64,000
West Virginia	Charleston	1.56	130	$50,000
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	0.98	40	$53,000
Wisconsin	Green Bay	0.52	50	$66,000
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1.52	790	$65,000