Georgia / Public Defender Council, Georgia / Criminal Investigator 2

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Criminal Investigator 2

Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.

49 employees hold this title in Public Defender Council, Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $59,280, below the department median of $62,540.

Employees: 49
Total payroll: $2.7M
Role median: $59,280
Agency median: $62,540
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$0$72,240+

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How total compensation varies among the 49 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Criminal Investigator 2 pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Detectives and Criminal Investigators — about 5,070 people — is $65,430. Public Defender Council, Georgia pays a median base salary of $59,280 for this role, 9% below that figure — about the 35th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Defender Council, Georgia sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$46,790

$55,310

$65,430

$79,220

$149,030

Public Defender Council, Georgia median · $59,280

The bar is the range of annual wages for Detectives and Criminal Investigators across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Defender Council, Georgia’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. Public Defender Council, Georgia’s median base salary is 37% below that national figure, about the 14th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$55,390

$69,330

$93,790

$120,520

$160,540

Public Defender Council, Georgia median · $59,280

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 107 of 117 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Public Defender Council, Georgia is $58,490, 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 departments

This role across Georgia

Criminal Investigator 2 is held in 13 Georgia departments. In Public Defender Council, Georgia, the median of $59,280 ranks #12 of 13.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Corrections, Department Of

$76,088 · 34

Transportation, Department Of

$72,415 · 2

Community Supervision, Department Of

$70,560 · 6

Driver Services, Department Of

$67,697 · 6

Secretary of State

$66,137 · 8

Revenue, Department Of

$65,516 · 9

Insurance, Department Of

$62,708 · 14

Forestry Commission, Georgia

$62,637 · 3

Public Safety, Department Of

$61,604 · 1

Juvenile Justice, Department Of

$60,572 · 14

Community Health, Department Of

$59,696 · 3

Prosecuting Attorneys' Council

$0 · 1

Median total compensation for the Criminal Investigator 2 role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Criminal Investigator beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $67,768 ranks #3 of 4. See Criminal Investigator across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

District of Columbia

$103,333 · 30

Johnson County, Kansas

$75,119 · 10

Metro Nashville

$47,787 · 38

Median total compensation for comparable Criminal Investigatorroles 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.

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