How much do Private Detectives and Investigators make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

Percentile spread

For Private Detectives and Investigators, the published 10th percentile is $39,370 and the 90th percentile is $99,090. The difference is $59,720, which is 81.3% 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 $52,900 to the 75th at $98,400, covers $45,500.

The mean annual wage is $74,090, which sits above the median of $73,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC median is 43.4% higher than the national median of $51,220 for Private Detectives and Investigators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $75,430, which is 47.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 38.8% higher than the North Carolina median of $52,890.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses North Carolina, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $73,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Private Detectives and Investigators at $75,430 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Private Detectives and Investigators. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ranks 1st of 14 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).).

• Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 58 miles away, with a median of $44,820 and employment of 30. That median is 39% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,652, against $75,430 here.
• Winston-Salem, NC is 68 miles away, with a median of $42,660 and employment of 80. That median is 41.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,348, against $75,430 here.
• Columbia, SC is 76 miles away, with a median of $48,000 and employment of 100. That median is 34.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,248, against $75,430 here.

Employment share

Private Detectives and Investigators accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (860 of 1,358,370). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (35,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.77 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.