Private Detectives and Investigators Jobs Pay by Location
Compare pay for private detectives and investigators across 207 locations.
Alaska, AK
$31.46/hr average
Anchorage, AK
$32.47/hr average
Alabama, AL
$26.15/hr average
Birmingham, AL
$28.06/hr average
Huntsville, AL
$24.44/hr average
Mobile, AL
$22.06/hr average
Montgomery, AL
$29.91/hr average
Arkansas, AR
$27.30/hr average
Fort Smith, AR
$23.22/hr average
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
$23.40/hr average
Arizona, AZ
$35.46/hr average
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
$37.19/hr average
Tucson, AZ
$26.82/hr average
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
$28.80/hr average
California, CA
$33.89/hr average
Fresno, CA
$28.20/hr average
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
$33.17/hr average
Modesto, CA
$29.24/hr average
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
$29.74/hr average
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
$30.79/hr average
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
$29.49/hr average
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
$32.49/hr average
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
$40.34/hr average
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
$38.43/hr average
Stockton-Lodi, CA
$30.81/hr average
Vallejo, CA
$33.58/hr average
Visalia, CA
$28.88/hr average
Colorado, CO
$30.19/hr average
Colorado Springs, CO
$27.58/hr average
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
$31.69/hr average
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
$33.86/hr average
Connecticut, CT
$32.40/hr average
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
$33.48/hr average
New Haven, CT
$31.33/hr average
Waterbury-Shelton, CT
$30.71/hr average
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC
$39.90/hr average
Delaware, DE
$28.01/hr average
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
$25.92/hr average
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
$30.14/hr average
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
$29.13/hr average
Florida, FL
$28.90/hr average
Gainesville, FL
$25.99/hr average
Jacksonville, FL
$28.47/hr average
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
$25.99/hr average
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$32.20/hr average
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
$27.63/hr average
Ocala, FL
$28.10/hr average
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
$25.90/hr average
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
$27.34/hr average
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
$25.90/hr average
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
$27.09/hr average
Port St. Lucie, FL
$29.16/hr average
Tallahassee, FL
$25.35/hr average
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
$26.87/hr average
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
$29.09/hr average
Augusta-Richmond County, GA
$24.13/hr average
Columbus, GA
$22.64/hr average
Gainesville, GA
$24.72/hr average
Georgia, GA
$27.87/hr average
Savannah, GA
$26.03/hr average
Hawaii, HI
$28.65/hr average
Urban Honolulu, HI
$28.73/hr average
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA
$29.32/hr average
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
$31.10/hr average
Iowa, IA
$26.22/hr average
Boise City, ID
$25.47/hr average
Idaho, ID
$25.45/hr average
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL
$37.78/hr average
Illinois, IL
$36.04/hr average
Peoria, IL
$30.03/hr average
Evansville, IN
$25.22/hr average
Fort Wayne, IN
$24.92/hr average
Indiana, IN
$26.32/hr average
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
$28.39/hr average
Kansas, KS
$24.68/hr average
Wichita, KS
$24.33/hr average
Kentucky, KY
$26.61/hr average
Lexington-Fayette, KY
$24.32/hr average
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY
$30.52/hr average
Baton Rouge, LA
$26.13/hr average
Lafayette, LA
$21.75/hr average
Lake Charles, LA
$20.46/hr average
Louisiana, LA
$23.99/hr average
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
$24.44/hr average
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
$21.21/hr average
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
$25.21/hr average
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA
$34.65/hr average
Massachusetts, MA
$33.92/hr average
Springfield, MA
$30.02/hr average
Worcester, MA
$25.29/hr average
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
$38.40/hr average
Lexington Park, MD
$36.96/hr average
Maryland, MD
$42.88/hr average
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
$22.91/hr average
Maine, ME
$26.33/hr average
Portland-South Portland, ME
$27.48/hr average
Ann Arbor, MI
$23.99/hr average
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
$29.59/hr average
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
$26.46/hr average
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
$24.54/hr average
Michigan, MI
$28.06/hr average
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN
$37.22/hr average
Minnesota, MN
$35.27/hr average
Jefferson City, MO
$31.74/hr average
Kansas City, MO
$25.46/hr average
Missouri, MO
$25.12/hr average
Springfield, MO
$23.07/hr average
St. Louis, MO
$26.86/hr average
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
$26.09/hr average
Jackson, MS
$30.05/hr average
Mississippi, MS
$24.42/hr average
Montana, MT
$27.39/hr average
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC
$38.62/hr average
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
$23.97/hr average
Fayetteville, NC
$23.76/hr average
Greensboro-High Point, NC
$22.94/hr average
Greenville, NC
$29.66/hr average
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
$19.97/hr average
North Carolina, NC
$31.54/hr average
Raleigh-Cary, NC
$26.26/hr average
Wilmington, NC
$22.51/hr average
Winston-Salem, NC
$26.13/hr average
North Dakota, ND
$24.26/hr average
Nebraska, NE
$30.81/hr average
Omaha, NE
$28.27/hr average
Manchester-Nashua, NH
$32.11/hr average
New Hampshire, NH
$29.20/hr average
New Jersey, NJ
$31.34/hr average
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
$29.90/hr average
Albuquerque, NM
$26.84/hr average
New Mexico, NM
$26.15/hr average
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
$36.41/hr average
Nevada, NV
$35.34/hr average
Reno, NV
$33.68/hr average
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
$30.77/hr average
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
$31.23/hr average
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
$33.98/hr average
New York, NY
$36.99/hr average
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY
$37.02/hr average
Rochester, NY
$31.56/hr average
Syracuse, NY
$35.40/hr average
Akron, OH
$28.83/hr average
Cincinnati, OH
$29.98/hr average
Cleveland, OH
$29.36/hr average
Columbus, OH
$27.52/hr average
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
$27.02/hr average
Ohio, OH
$28.30/hr average
Toledo, OH
$23.63/hr average
Oklahoma, OK
$24.12/hr average
Oklahoma City, OK
$24.66/hr average
Tulsa, OK
$24.83/hr average
Oregon, OR
$38.16/hr average
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR
$40.13/hr average
Salem, OR
$39.02/hr average
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA
$28.49/hr average
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
$31.25/hr average
Pennsylvania, PA
$31.32/hr average
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA
$33.92/hr average
Pittsburgh, PA
$29.11/hr average
Reading, PA
$28.04/hr average
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
$27.16/hr average
Puerto Rico, PR
$19.49/hr average
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR
$18.96/hr average
Providence-Warwick, RI
$29.31/hr average
Rhode Island, RI
$30.01/hr average
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
$26.86/hr average
Columbia, SC
$29.77/hr average
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
$26.91/hr average
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
$29.96/hr average
South Carolina, SC
$31.14/hr average
Chattanooga, TN
$30.02/hr average
Knoxville, TN
$30.72/hr average
Memphis, TN
$28.51/hr average
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
$30.44/hr average
Tennessee, TN
$29.89/hr average
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$29.89/hr average
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$27.88/hr average
Corpus Christi, TX
$27.59/hr average
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
$31.97/hr average
El Paso, TX
$26.70/hr average
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
$27.31/hr average
Killeen-Temple, TX
$22.65/hr average
Lubbock, TX
$23.51/hr average
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
$23.48/hr average
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
$30.04/hr average
Texas, TX
$29.60/hr average
Tyler, TX
$32.30/hr average
Ogden, UT
$30.84/hr average
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
$27.57/hr average
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
$29.93/hr average
St. George, UT
$25.01/hr average
Utah, UT
$29.13/hr average
Richmond, VA
$35.67/hr average
Virginia, VA
$30.80/hr average
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA
$25.43/hr average
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
$33.38/hr average
Vermont, VT
$31.78/hr average
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
$38.67/hr average
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
$30.43/hr average
Washington, WA
$36.71/hr average
Madison, WI
$29.46/hr average
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
$23.86/hr average
Wisconsin, WI
$26.02/hr average
Charleston, WV
$22.55/hr average
Huntington-Ashland, WV
$22.59/hr average
West Virginia, WV
$25.18/hr average
Wyoming, WY
$32.58/hr average