Occupational Employment and Wages, 2002

33-9021 Private Detectives and Investigators

Detect occurrences of unlawful acts or infractions of rules in private establishment, or seek, examine, and compile information for client.

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National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
31,170	4.0 %	$16.47	$34,250	1.6 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$8.62	$10.57	$14.09	$20.06	$27.58
Annual Wage (2)	$17,920	$21,980	$29,300	$41,710	$57,370

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Investigation and security services	8,670	$16.33	$33,970	1	21
Department stores	5,680	$11.54	$24,010	2	34
State government (OES designation)	1,910	$19.50	$40,570	3	13
Management of companies and enterprises	940	$20.65	$42,950	4	9
Employment services	840	$11.27	$23,440	5	36

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Management and technical consulting services	(6)	$34.26	$71,260	(6)	1
Rail transportation	50	$30.72	$63,890	28	2
Power generation and supply	150	$28.20	$58,660	20	3
General medical and surgical hospitals	250	$25.78	$53,630	15	4
Legal services	840	$24.47	$50,900	6	5

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
West Virginia	790	$13.46	$28,000	0.116%	341
Maryland	1,000	$14.58	$30,320	0.041%	412
Hawaii	220	$12.26	$25,490	0.040%	381
Michigan	1,590	$14.24	$29,620	0.036%	455
Florida	2,550	$15.96	$33,200	0.036%	318

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
New York	1,630	$21.63	$44,990	0.020%	270
Washington	640	$21.56	$44,850	0.025%	258
New Jersey	650	$20.76	$43,180	0.017%	294
Connecticut	210	$18.61	$38,710	0.013%	309
Iowa	250	$18.48	$38,450	0.018%	204

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI MSA	380	$8.68	$18,050	0.187%
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH MSA	80	$12.37	$25,730	0.123%
Lafayette, LA MSA	150	$13.11	$27,270	0.092%
Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA	480	$18.13	$37,710	0.074%
Tallahassee, FL MSA	110	$15.01	$31,220	0.071%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Yakima, WA MSA	(6)	$25.50	$53,050	(6)
New York, NY PMSA	970	$25.50	$53,050	0.024%
San Francisco, CA PMSA	340	$24.63	$51,220	0.034%
Newark, NJ PMSA	210	$23.83	$49,570	0.022%
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA	370	$22.57	$46,940	0.029%

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These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.

(1) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(6) Estimates not released.

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Last Modified Date: November 26, 2003