Private Detectives and Investigators · SOC 33-9021
Private Detectives and Investigators Salary in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Private Detectives and Investigators in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $43,740 per year ($21.03 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,650 at the 10th percentile to $102,780 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Private Detectives and Investigators in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earn more than $43,740 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,580 and $60,960.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $34,650 | $36,580 | $43,740 | $60,960 | $102,780 |
| Hourly | $16.66 | $17.59 | $21.03 | $29.31 | $49.42 |
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
- Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,740 median for Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,580 to $60,960
- Texasstate$51,810 median for Texas; middle half earns $36,810 to $72,660
- United Statesnational$51,220 median for United States; middle half earns $40,700 to $73,990
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −16% vs Texas overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Texas
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for private detectives and investigators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan areathis page$43,740 median for Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,580 to $60,960
- $61,460 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $37,180 to $74,410
- $60,090 median for Corpus Christi metro area; middle half earns $36,890 to $61,040
- $57,620 median for Beaumont metro area; middle half earns $37,290 to $68,360
- $56,760 median for San Antonio metro area; middle half earns $36,550 to $72,590
- $46,390 median for Tyler metro area; middle half earns $33,460 to $65,570
- $46,110 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $36,500 to $70,110
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 private detectives and investigatorss · Highest-paying occupations in Hill Country Region of Texas 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.