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What criminal investigators make
Median
$93,790
Bottom tenth
$55,390
Top tenth
$160,540
The 2025 federal wage survey has no separate line for Secret Service agents. These are the figures for all detectives and criminal investigators: a median of $93,790 a year, with the bottom tenth at $55,390 or less and the top tenth at $160,540 or more. Agents themselves are paid on published federal tables.