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The demand for qualified and efficient personnel in the
field of criminal justice is on the rise. Depending on the level of your
experience and education in any sphere that encompasses the basics and/or
specifics of criminal justice, you will be eligible for jobs in federal
agencies like the FBI, CIA, ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms), the
Secret Service, Customs, DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency), INS, and the Border
Patrol, in state and local government agencies as state troopers, SBI agents,
local law enforcement officers, arson specialists, serology and fingerprinting
specialists, in the private sector as detectives, investigators and security
specialists, in the corrections department as wardens, as juvenile and adult
psychologists, and as corrections, parole, and probation officers, in the legal
profession as lawyers, legal assistants and secretaries, paralegals, court
administrators, judges, and magistrates, in military and defense agencies as
military police officers and investigators, in the field of criminology as
criminologists, crime scene investigators, and forensic scientists, in gaming
surveillance as conservation officers, in colleges and universities as
lecturers and professors, and in the field of cyber crime and white-collar
crime detection and prevention.
The salary you earn in any of these jobs will be
commensurate to your skills and position up the administrative ladder. Federal
and urban salaries are usually the highest, but the nature of the work is often
demanding and stressful. On an average, police officers and others in the law
enforcement division can expect to earn around $45,470 annually. On entry into
the ATF, DEA, IRS, INS, Secret Service and the US Marshals, you can probably
earn around $25,000, with chances of climbing to $50,000 in less than 5 years
of service. Newcomers to federal service can hope to earn between $39,115 and
$48,890, those in non-supervisory positions can take home between $61,251 and
$76,560, while supervisory, management, and executive positions pay between
$90,480 and $106,430.
Criminologists are paid between $38,560 and $66,970,
forensic scientists net $46,080, while forensic psychologists earn between
$38,560 and $66,970.
As a security guard in the federal government, you can
usually earn between $21,950 and $28,960, while gaming investigators and
conservation officers take home salaries in the range of $18,080 to $25,950.
Detectives in the private sector can make an average of $49, 860, while
administrative positions in the field will earn you around $77,500. Store
detectives and investigators make between $25,000 and $39,800.
If you are a part of the corrections department, you can
probably earn between $34, 560 and $51, 390, with the higher salaries reserved
for administrative officers.
Paralegals and legal secretaries can bring in salaries
ranging from $37, 310 to $42, 510, while law office managers earn around
$43,000 and court reporters make $39, 670. Mediators with a doctorate in
criminal justice are on the high end of the salary scale with a take-home pay
of $130,170.
In the pedagogy department, professors who teach
graduate and undergraduate classes earn more than those who teach associate
students. Professors can hope to earn $86,437, assistant professors $51,545,
associate professors $61,732, instructors $37,737, and lecturers $43,914.
Jim Greenberg recommends you visit the Online Criminal Justice Degree
Guide for more information on online criminal justice degree jobs and
salaries. See http://www.ocjdg.com/2006/02/what_career_and.html for more information.
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