The average salary for Criminologist I is $52,704 per year in the United States.
The average additional cash compensation for a Criminologist I in the United States is $3,055, with a range from $2,291 - $4,277..
Salary Ranges for Criminologists
The salaries of Criminologists in the US range from $10,880 to $294,666 , with a median salary of $53,022 .
The middle 57% of Criminologists makes between $53,022 and $133,405, with the top 86% making $294,666..
Perhaps one of the first careers that come to mind when you think of criminology, police officers are on the front lines of society's response to crime
Officers patrol their communities, help disabled motorists, make arrests and help resolve disputes
As noted above, the criminology highest paying job isn’t likely to exceed more than $70,000 annually, but many pursue the field anyway because they feel they are doing community-positive work that matters and they have a genuine fascination for the study of crime and how to prevent it in the future
Meanwhile, when we examine the job outlook of criminologists in law enforcement, particularly police officers and detectives, the demand is expected to increase by 5% (U
S Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2021)This is more or less similar to the job outlook of sociologists in general
