Compared with the local labor market
Confidential Investigator pay vs. the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area
Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Financial Specialists, All Other — about 11,950 people — is $109,580. Department of Investigation pays a median base salary of $65,301 for this role, 40% below that figure — about the 15th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Investigation sits in the local pay range
$57,920
$80,110
$109,580
$166,970
$221,460
Department of Investigation median · $65,301
The bar is the range of annual wages for Financial Specialists, All Other across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Investigation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Financial Specialists, All Other — about 132,130 people — is $81,100. Department of Investigation’s median base salary is 19% below that national figure, about the 30th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$48,460
$61,290
$81,100
$110,410
$151,490
Department of Investigation median · $65,301
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 73 of 83 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Investigation is $65,093, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.