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Private Detectives and Investigators in District of Columbia
$72,720median, a year
$88,260mean (average), a year
$45,790
median $72,720
$156,670
US median $51,220
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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The spread
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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.
Where this job pays most
Median a year 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 $46,810
- AK, Alaska, median $53,440
- AZ, Arizona, median $61,030
- AR, Arkansas, median $47,750
- CA, California, median $61,250
- CO, Colorado, median $48,730
- CT, Connecticut, median $75,010
- DE, Delaware, median $55,710
- DC, District of Columbia, median $72,720
- FL, Florida, median $50,640
- GA, Georgia, median $45,060
- HI, Hawaii, median $45,750
- ID, Idaho, median $47,910
- IL, Illinois, median $60,210
- IN, Indiana, median $41,830
- IA, Iowa, median $41,110
- KS, Kansas, median $45,260
- KY, Kentucky, median $47,650
- LA, Louisiana, median $41,950
- ME, Maine, median $43,830
- MD, Maryland, not published
- MA, Massachusetts, median $50,240
- MI, Michigan, median $48,650
- MN, Minnesota, median $57,880
- MS, Mississippi, median $39,060
- MO, Missouri, median $41,600
- MT, Montana, median $47,430
- NE, Nebraska, median $51,750
- NV, Nevada, not published
- NH, New Hampshire, median $65,370
- NJ, New Jersey, median $54,710
- NM, New Mexico, median $41,600
- NY, New York, median $59,140
- NC, North Carolina, median $52,890
- ND, North Dakota, median $44,310
- OH, Ohio, median $47,200
- OK, Oklahoma, median $39,680
- OR, Oregon, median $76,480
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $51,200
- RI, Rhode Island, median $54,620
- SC, South Carolina, median $51,530
- SD, South Dakota, median $44,840
- TN, Tennessee, median $49,360
- TX, Texas, median $51,810
- UT, Utah, median $57,910
- VT, Vermont, median $67,910
- VA, Virginia, median $56,160
- WA, Washington, median $64,080
- WV, West Virginia, median $46,410
- WI, Wisconsin, median $41,850
- WY, Wyoming, median $54,310
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $42,190
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