Background Investigator Salaries in the United States
How much does a Background Investigator make in the United States?
Background Investigators earn $43,000 annually on average, or $21 per hour, which is 42% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Background Investigators work for MSM Security Services at $88,000 annually while the lowest paid Background Investigators work for ChoicePoint earning approximately $35,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$41K CACI's Average Background Investigator Salary (7 salaries)
-$2K (4%) less than national average Background Investigator salary ($43K)
-$30K (53%) less than average CACI salary ($71K)
-$8K (21%) less than average CACI Background Investigator salary ($41K)
"I feel I am underpaid with this company due to the amount of work that is required and is not payable to the employee. Employees do not get paid for any type of administrative work that is required on a daily basis. Supervisors and managers expect employees to work overtime even though employees do not get pay after 8 hours per day."
+$8K (17%) more than average CACI Background Investigator salary ($41K)
"The pay could be better considering the amount of work we have to do, but there is the idea that we can become higher-level employees and make more money."
$51K
CACI Background Investigator
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+$10K (21%) more than average CACI Background Investigator salary ($41K)
$53K KeyPoint Government Solutions' Average Background Investigator Salary (2 salaries)
+$10K (20%) more than national average Background Investigator salary ($43K)
+$2K (3%) more than average KeyPoint Government Solutions salary ($51K)
-$9K (18%) less than average KeyPoint Government Solutions Background Investigator salary ($53K)
"For the importance the company puts on the product produced, Investigators are severely underpaid."
+$8K (14%) more than average KeyPoint Government Solutions Background Investigator salary ($53K)
$44K United States Information Agency's Average Background Investigator Salary (6 salaries)
+$1K (2%) more than national average Background Investigator salary ($43K)
-$7K (14%) less than average United States Information Agency salary ($51K)
-$2K (4%) less than average United States Information Agency Background Investigator salary ($44K)
-$16K (44%) less than average United States Information Agency Background Investigator salary ($44K)
+$1K (2%) more than average United States Information Agency Background Investigator salary ($44K)
$56K USIS's Average Background Investigator Salary (4 salaries)
+$13K (26%) more than national average Background Investigator salary ($43K)
+$7K (13%) more than average USIS salary ($49K)
$70K
USIS Background Investigator
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+$14K (22%) more than average USIS Background Investigator salary ($56K)
$41K
USIS Background Investigator
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-$15K (30%) less than average USIS Background Investigator salary ($56K)
$34K
USIS Background Investigator
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-$22K (48%) less than average USIS Background Investigator salary ($56K)
$44K City of Los Angeles' Average Background Investigator Salary (3 salaries)
+$1K (2%) more than national average Background Investigator salary ($43K)
-$4K (8%) less than average City of Los Angeles salary ($48K)
-$14K (37%) less than average City of Los Angeles Background Investigator salary ($44K)
+$14K (27%) more than average City of Los Angeles Background Investigator salary ($44K)
+$16K (30%) more than average City of Los Angeles Background Investigator salary ($44K)
$44K Kroll's Average Background Investigator Salary (3 salaries)
+$1K (2%) more than national average Background Investigator salary ($43K)
-$6K (12%) less than average Kroll salary ($50K)
+$11K (22%) more than average Kroll Background Investigator salary ($44K)
-$12K (31%) less than average Kroll Background Investigator salary ($44K)
-$20K (58%) less than average Kroll Background Investigator salary ($44K)
$88K MSM Security Services' Average Background Investigator Salary (2 salaries)
+$45K (68%) more than national average Background Investigator salary ($43K)
+$27K (36%) more than average MSM Security Services salary ($61K)
-$37K (53%) less than average MSM Security Services Background Investigator salary ($88K)
+$37K (34%) more than average MSM Security Services Background Investigator salary ($88K)
$44K Media Star Promotions' Average Background Investigator Salary (2 salaries)
+$1K (2%) more than national average Background Investigator salary ($43K)
Equal to average Media Star Promotions salary ($44K)
+$1K (2%) more than average Media Star Promotions Background Investigator salary ($44K)
-$2K (4%) less than average Media Star Promotions Background Investigator salary ($44K)
$36K Arizona Department of Corrections' Average Background Investigator Salary (2 salaries)
-$7K (17%) less than national average Background Investigator salary ($43K)
Equal to average Arizona Department of Corrections salary ($36K)
Equal to average Arizona Department of Corrections Background Investigator salary ($36K)
Equal to average Arizona Department of Corrections Background Investigator salary ($36K)
$35K ChoicePoint's Average Background Investigator Salary (2 salaries)
-$8K (20%) less than national average Background Investigator salary ($43K)
-$25K (52%) less than average ChoicePoint salary ($60K)
-$10K (33%) less than average ChoicePoint Background Investigator salary ($35K)
+$9K (22%) more than average ChoicePoint Background Investigator salary ($35K)
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