The annual salary statistics of private detectives and investigators in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of private detectives and investigators in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 | $31,440 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,170 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $45,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $76,180 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $91,090 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for private detectives and investigators in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $91,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $45,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,440.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of private detectives and investigators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $45,070 | 2.62% | 7.61% |
| 2021 | $43,890 | -51.40% | - |
| 2020 | $66,450 | 7.28% | - |
| 2019 | $61,610 | 17.94% | - |
| 2018 | $50,560 | -1.23% | - |
| 2017 | $51,180 | -2.27% | - |
| 2016 | $52,340 | 0.44% | - |
| 2015 | $52,110 | -10.54% | - |
| 2014 | $57,600 | -14.06% | - |
| 2013 | $65,700 | 36.62% | - |
| 2012 | $41,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $45,070 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is in the middle of salary range for private detectives and investigators in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of private detectives and investigators in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is 37.4 percent (37.4%) lower than that in the highest paying York-Hanover and 20.0 percent (20.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Youngstown-Warren-Boardman.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| York-Hanover | |
| Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | |
| Newark-Union | |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle | |
| Lancaster | |
| Reading | |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton | |
| Pittsburgh | |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington | |
| Philadelphia | |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre | |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman |