The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage information of detectives and criminal investigators in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) 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 | $55,340 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $70,880 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $91,030 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $123,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $145,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $145,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $91,030. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $55,340.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of detectives and criminal investigators from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $91,030 | -3.22% | 5.26% |
| 2016 | $93,960 | 0.87% | - |
| 2015 | $93,140 | 0.19% | - |
| 2014 | $92,960 | 5.95% | - |
| 2013 | $87,430 | 1.36% | - |
| 2012 | $86,240 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $91,030, Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is the second highest paying city for detectives and criminal investigators in state of Illinois, following the highest paying city Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) (median annual salary of $102,650). Compared with Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), the median annual salary of detectives and criminal investigators in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 11.3 percent (11.3%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) | |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) | |
| Rockford | |
| Champaign-Urbana | |
| Peoria | |
| Springfield | |
| South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bloomington |