The Mississippi Department of Employment Security has found that salaries for detectives, homicide detectives, criminologists and criminal investigators in Mississippi can range anywhere from $32,660 (entry-level) to $63,260 (experienced-level). The average salary, though, is $53,060. Perhaps one of the biggest factors to impact salary is location.
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Below is salary information by city:
Jackson
- Entry: $33,100
- Average: $53,330
- Experienced: $63,440
Gulfport, Biloxi
- Entry: $35,270
- Average: $64,310
- Experienced: $78,830
Hattiesburg
- Entry: $34,080
- Average: $53,550
- Experienced: $63,290
Pascagoula
- Entry: $33,950
- Average: $57,640
- Experienced: $69,480
The table below, which has been published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, contains salary data about criminal investigators in Mississippi and takes a look at how salaries can fluctuate by location.
Area name
Employment
Annual mean wage
Gulfport-Biloxi MS
140
64310
Hattiesburg MS
50
53550
Jackson MS
360
53330
Memphis TN-MS-AR
320
63020
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
130
64720
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
90
40950
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
70
40140
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
50
40180