Detectives and Criminal Investigators · SOC 33-3021
Detectives and Criminal Investigators Salary in the Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in the Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $81,200 per year ($39.04 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $60,630 at the 10th percentile to $122,860 at the 90th. BLS estimates 100 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Detectives and Criminal Investigators in the Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area earn more than $81,200 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $72,100 and $104,990.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $60,630 | $72,100 | $81,200 | $104,990 | $122,860 |
| Hourly | $29.15 | $34.66 | $39.04 | $50.48 | $59.07 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$81,200 median for Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $72,100 to $104,990
- Coloradostate$105,480 median for Colorado; middle half earns $86,290 to $115,130
- United Statesnational$93,790 median for United States; middle half earns $69,330 to $120,520
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −23% vs Colorado overall and −13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Colorado
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for detectives and criminal investigators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan areathis page$81,200 median for Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $72,100 to $104,990
- $113,340 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $101,830 to $119,450
- $106,270 median for Grand Junction metro area; middle half earns $85,750 to $113,370
- $106,000 median for Pueblo metro area; middle half earns $88,040 to $106,000
- $103,360 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $79,780 to $110,340
- $103,140 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $82,430 to $114,230
- $98,370 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $70,840 to $101,880
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for detectives and criminal investigatorss · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.