The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of detectives and criminal investigators in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara 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 | $100,380 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $110,840 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $129,270 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $135,600 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $167,020 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $167,020. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $129,270. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $100,380.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of detectives and criminal investigators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $129,270 | 1.67% | 21.48% |
| 2021 | $127,110 | 11.85% | - |
| 2020 | $112,050 | -0.46% | - |
| 2019 | $112,570 | 0.57% | - |
| 2018 | $111,930 | 8.13% | - |
| 2017 | $102,830 | 1.29% | - |
| 2016 | $101,500 | 0.38% | - |
| 2015 | $101,110 | -0.39% | - |
| 2012 | $101,500 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $129,270, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is the second highest paying city for detectives and criminal investigators in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $139,050). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of detectives and criminal investigators in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 7.0 percent (7.0%) lower.