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Private Detectives and Investigators in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
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How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is less common here than nationally: 0.1 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.38).
Where this job pays most
Median an hour by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $22.50
- AK, Alaska, median $25.69
- AZ, Arizona, median $29.34
- AR, Arkansas, median $22.96
- CA, California, median $29.45
- CO, Colorado, median $23.43
- CT, Connecticut, median $36.06
- DE, Delaware, median $26.78
- DC, District of Columbia, median $34.96
- FL, Florida, median $24.35
- GA, Georgia, median $21.66
- HI, Hawaii, median $21.99
- ID, Idaho, median $23.03
- IL, Illinois, median $28.95
- IN, Indiana, median $20.11
- IA, Iowa, median $19.77
- KS, Kansas, median $21.76
- KY, Kentucky, median $22.91
- LA, Louisiana, median $20.17
- ME, Maine, median $21.07
- MD, Maryland, not published
- MA, Massachusetts, median $24.15
- MI, Michigan, median $23.39
- MN, Minnesota, median $27.83
- MS, Mississippi, median $18.78
- MO, Missouri, median $20.00
- MT, Montana, median $22.80
- NE, Nebraska, median $24.88
- NV, Nevada, not published
- NH, New Hampshire, median $31.43
- NJ, New Jersey, median $26.31
- NM, New Mexico, median $20.00
- NY, New York, median $28.43
- NC, North Carolina, median $25.43
- ND, North Dakota, median $21.30
- OH, Ohio, median $22.69
- OK, Oklahoma, median $19.08
- OR, Oregon, median $36.77
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $24.62
- RI, Rhode Island, median $26.26
- SC, South Carolina, median $24.78
- SD, South Dakota, median $21.56
- TN, Tennessee, median $23.73
- TX, Texas, median $24.91
- UT, Utah, median $27.84
- VT, Vermont, median $32.65
- VA, Virginia, median $27.00
- WA, Washington, median $30.81
- WV, West Virginia, median $22.31
- WI, Wisconsin, median $20.12
- WY, Wyoming, median $26.11
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $20.29
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