Compared with the local labor market
Crime & Intelligence Analyst pay vs. the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area
Across all employers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for Detectives and Criminal Investigators — about 280 people — is $158,640. Police pays a median base salary of $116,202 for this role, 27% below that figure — about the 24th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Police sits in the local pay range
$100,510
$117,770
$158,640
$158,640
$188,120
The bar is the range of annual wages for Detectives and Criminal Investigators across every employer in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Police’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Detectives and Criminal Investigators — about 114,430 people — is $93,790. Police’s median base salary is 24% above that national figure, about the 71st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$55,390
$69,330
$93,790
$120,520
$160,540
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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Police is $138,804, 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.
Compare jurisdictions
Crime Intelligence Analyst beyond City of San Jose
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In City of San Jose, the median of $138,804 ranks #1 of 4. See Crime Intelligence Analyst across all of City of San Jose →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Crime Intelligence Analyst roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.