The annual salary statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of detectives and criminal investigators in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $46,770 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $80,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $129,750 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $145,480 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $145,480. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $80,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,770.
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 | $80,000 | 3.29% | 9.34% |
| 2021 | $77,370 | 12.90% | - |
| 2020 | $67,390 | -32.72% | - |
| 2019 | $89,440 | 17.86% | - |
| 2018 | $73,470 | -6.26% | - |
| 2017 | $78,070 | 21.42% | - |
| 2016 | $61,350 | 19.61% | - |
| 2015 | $49,320 | 3.10% | - |
| 2014 | $47,790 | -1.49% | - |
| 2013 | $48,500 | -49.55% | - |
| 2012 | $72,530 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $80,000, Louisville-Jefferson County is the second highest paying city for detectives and criminal investigators in state of Kentucky, following the highest paying city Lexington-Fayette (median annual salary of $99,200). Compared with Lexington-Fayette, the median annual salary of detectives and criminal investigators in Louisville-Jefferson County is 19.4 percent (19.4%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Evansville | |
| Bowling Green | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |