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What private investigators make
Median
$44,000
Lower end
$34,000
Upper end
$65,000
Job Bank's national figures for private investigators, 2023 to 2024: a median of $21 an hour, about $44,000 a year at 40 hours a week, with a lower end of $16.55 and an upper end of $31.45 an hour. This is a survey of employees, so agency owners are not in it. Police detectives are a separate occupation with separate pay.