How much do Private Detectives and Investigators make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

Percentile spread

For Private Detectives and Investigators, the published 10th percentile is $35,050 and the 90th percentile is $71,990. The difference is $36,940, which is 97.9% 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 $36,730 to the 75th at $55,750, covers $19,020.

The mean annual wage is $46,930, which sits above the median of $37,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 26.3% lower than the national median of $51,220 for Private Detectives and Investigators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,741, which is 22.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.4% lower than the Michigan median of $48,650.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 94.991, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Private Detectives and Investigators at $39,741 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. Lansing-East Lansing, MI 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).).

• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 59 miles away, with a median of $42,140 and employment of 80. That median is 11.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,104, against $39,741 here.
• Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 71 miles away, with a median of $47,690 and employment of 350. That median is 26.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,548, against $39,741 here.
• Toledo, OH is 93 miles away, with a median of $39,600 and employment of 40. That median is 4.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,300, against $39,741 here.

Employment share

Private Detectives and Investigators accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Lansing-East Lansing, MI (40 of 217,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (35,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.80 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.