Investigations Specialist salary: $128K median

Lead roles advertise a median of $194K, 48% more than senior roles ($131K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

• OSenior Global Security InvestigatorOpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$230K - $500KRemoteSeniorSecurity clearanceThreat intelligenceSIEM10d
• CPrincipal InvestigatorCare Access · 🇺🇸Brandon, Florida, United States$200K - $400KLead and aboveGCPClinical trials4mo
• CPrincipal Investigator (Virtual)Care Access · 🇺🇸USA Remote$200K - $400KRemoteLead and aboveGCPClinical trials2mo
• OHead of Corporate InvestigationsOKX · 🇺🇸New York, United States$240K - $361KLead and aboveDigital forensicsLitigationBar admission4w
• PSr. Counsel, Compliance & InvestigationsPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, CA, US$159K - $327KRemoteSeniorEmployment lawLaw degreeBar admission5w
• FInsider Risk LeadFluidstack · 🇺🇸New York, NY$259K - $311KLead and above3w
• PSenior Director, Investigator GrantsPrecision Medicine Group · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$199K - $298KRemoteLead and above9d
• PSenior Director, Investigator GrantsPrecision for Medicine · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$199K - $298KRemoteLead and above9d
• ATechnical CBRN-E Threat InvestigatorAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC$230K - $290KPythonSQLMachine Learning10mo
• ATechnical Cyber Threat InvestigatorAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY…$230K - $290KPythonSQLMachine Learning10mo
• TInsider Threat DirectorTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Colorado Springs, CO; Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA; Washing…$190K - $280KLead and aboveMachine LearningSecurity clearanceCISSP11d
• SDirector, Security, Investigations, and IntelligenceSpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$225K - $265KLead and aboveSAPSecurity clearanceApplication security7d
• CPrincipal/Source Code & IP Investigations (Forensic Services practice)Charles River Associates · 🇺🇸Boston, MA, United States; Chicago, IL, United States; Da…$175K - $250KLead and abovePythonJavaAgile6w
• PSr Manager, Fraud Operations, Investigations, & Grey MarketsPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Diego, CA$165K - $248KSenior2mo
• CSenior Insider Threat Investigator, Insider RiskCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$182K - $242KSeniorSIEMEDRDLP9d
• CEmployee Relations InvestigatorCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$190K - $238K10d
• DSenior Counsel / Counsel / Senior Staff Attorney, Criminal and Congressional InvestigationsDemocracy Forward · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States$175K - $230KSeniorRegulatory complianceLaw degreeLitigation3d
• ACyber Defense Forensics SpecialistAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Leesburg, VA$110K - $224K5w
• 1Investigations Manager - Global Security1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$180K - $220KCAMSEmployee relationsKYC4d
• ASenior Insider Threat AnalystAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Reston, Virginia, United States$166K - $220KSeniorGoPythonTerraform4mo

What is the average Investigations Specialist salary?

$135K a year on average and $128K at the median, across 107 open Investigations Specialist postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.

What is the typical range?

The middle half of the postings offer $84K to $167K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Investigations Specialist pay?

CHAOS Industries ($188K), Care Access ($148K), Accenture Federal Services ($141K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is an investigations specialist a high-paying job?

The median Investigations Specialist posting advertises $128K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 26% below the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as an investigations specialist?

A tenth of the postings offer $243K a year or more; the highest open Investigations Specialist role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Investigations Specialist salary per hour and per month?

The median of $128K a year is about $62 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $10,667 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $40 to $80 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Investigations Specialist roles?

Postings that ask for Security clearance (+$37K, 13 postings), SIEM (+$17K, 10 postings), Litigation (+$13K, 18 postings) advertise more than the $128K median of all Investigations Specialist postings with pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.