How much do Private Detectives and Investigators make in Bakersfield-Delano, CA?

Percentile spread

For Private Detectives and Investigators, the published 10th percentile is $40,230 and the 90th percentile is $66,350. The difference is $26,120, which is 60.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $41,210 to the 75th at $46,730, covers $5,520.

The mean annual wage is $50,310, which sits above the median of $43,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bakersfield-Delano, CA median is 15.6% lower than the national median of $51,220 for Private Detectives and Investigators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,850, which is 16.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 29.4% lower than the California median of $61,250.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 100.886, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Private Detectives and Investigators at $42,850 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Private Detectives and Investigators. Bakersfield-Delano, CA ranks 9th of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Visalia, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $47,970 and employment of 50. That median is 11% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,054, against $42,850 here.
• Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 72 miles away, with a median of $58,170 and employment of 80. That median is 34.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,626, against $42,850 here.
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 91 miles away, with a median of $61,680 and employment of 1,520. That median is 42.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,312, against $42,850 here.

Employment share

Private Detectives and Investigators accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Bakersfield-Delano, CA (60 of 338,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (35,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.78 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.