What are the main factors that influence an Adult Protective Investigator's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

How does experience change An Adult Protective Investigator's salary?

An Adult Protective Investigator's salary grows with experience: starting around $68,515 for beginners, reaching about $70,122 at mid-level, and approach $77,236 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Adult Protective Investigator?

Adult Protective Investigator salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Adult Protective Investigator roles are District of Columbia $86,888, California $86,559, Massachusetts $85,405. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Adult Protective Investigator roles make?

Salaries for Adult Protective Investigator level roles vary by specialization: Adult Protective and Community Worker: $101,926; Child Protective Investigator: $96,449; Adult Protective Services Caseworker: $84,721; Adult Protective Services Investigator: $78,727; Adult Protective Services Case Manager: $65,316.

Adult Protective Investigator Salary in Montana

How much does an Adult Protective Investigator make in Montana? As of October 01, 2026, the average salary for an Adult Protective Investigator in Montana is $74,089 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $36.

However, an Adult Protective Investigator's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $95,732
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $66,480 to $85,418
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $59,553

10% $59,553

50% (Median) $74,089

90% $95,732

Adult Protective Investigator Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$85,418	$7,118	$1,643	$41
Average	$74,089	$6,174	$1,425	$36
25th Percentile	$66,480	$5,540	$1,278	$32

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Key Factors That Influence Adult Protective Investigator Salaries

An Adult Protective Investigator's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Adult Protective Investigator Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Adult Protective Investigator's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $68,515
Early Career (1-2 years): $69,051
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $70,122
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $73,617
Expert (over 8 years): $77,236

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Adult Protective Investigator	less than 1 year	$68,515
Early Career Level Adult Protective Investigator	1-2 years	$69,051
Mid-Level Level Adult Protective Investigator	2-4 years	$70,122
Senior-Level Level Adult Protective Investigator	5-8 years	$73,617
Expert Level Adult Protective Investigator	over 8 years	$77,236

How Do Adult Protective Investigator Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Adult Protective Investigators. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $86,888.
California: $86,559.
Massachusetts: $85,405.

District of Columbia $86,888 California $86,559 Massachusetts $85,405 Washington $85,091 New Jersey $85,060 Alaska $84,950 Connecticut $83,867 New York $83,427

Hawaii $82,023 Rhode Island $81,364 Maryland $80,916 Minnesota $80,304 Colorado $80,069 Illinois $79,990 Oregon $79,692 Delaware $79,472

New Hampshire $79,334 Virginia $79,025 Pennsylvania $78,122 Nevada $77,667 North Dakota $77,518 Michigan $77,283 Wisconsin $77,196 Vermont $77,024

Texas $76,545 Maine $76,514 Arizona $76,467 Ohio $76,412 Georgia $75,690 Indiana $75,329 Wyoming $75,258 Utah $75,148

Iowa $75,101 Kansas $74,724 Louisiana $74,615 North Carolina $74,575 Missouri $74,560 Florida $74,254 Montana $74,089 Nebraska $73,932

Kentucky $73,846 South Carolina $73,532 Tennessee $73,335 Idaho $73,257 New Mexico $72,684 Oklahoma $72,559 Alabama $72,096 South Dakota $71,319

Arkansas $70,895 West Virginia $70,667 Mississippi $69,985

Top Paying Cities for Adult Protective Investigator

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Absarokee: $73,638
Acton: $75,421
Ashland: $73,581

Absarokee, MT $73,638

Acton, MT $75,421

Ashland, MT $73,581

Ballantine, MT $75,305

Bearcreek, MT $73,627

Belfry, MT $73,702

Bighorn, MT $73,460

Big Timber, MT $73,576

Birney, MT $73,529

Boyd, MT $74,301

Bridger, MT $74,013

Broadview, MT $75,003

Busby, MT $73,612

Clyde Park, MT $73,590

Columbus, MT $74,195

Cooke City, MT $73,446

Crow Agency, MT $73,675

Custer, MT $73,695

Decker, MT $73,599

Edgar, MT $75,140

Emigrant, MT $73,583

Fishtail, MT $73,521

Fromberg, MT $74,844

Gardiner, MT $73,586

Garryowen, MT $73,646

Grass Range, MT $73,510

Greycliff, MT $73,581

Hardin, MT $74,287

Fort Smith, MT $74,057

Harlowton, MT $73,550

Huntley, MT $75,676

Hysham, MT $73,498

Ingomar, MT $73,358

Joliet, MT $74,852

Lame Deer, MT $73,656

Laurel, MT $75,654

Lavina, MT $73,756

Livingston, MT $73,671

Lodge Grass, MT $73,688

Mc Leod, MT $73,423

Martinsdale, MT $73,470

Melstone, MT $73,498

Melville, MT $73,442

Molt, MT $75,209

Mosby, MT $73,397

Musselshell, MT $73,473

Nye, MT $73,512

Otter, MT $73,583

Park City, MT $75,135

Pompeys Pillar, MT $74,837

Pray, MT $73,546

Pryor, MT $74,880

Rapelje, MT $74,014

Red Lodge, MT $73,643

Reed Point, MT $73,551

Roberts, MT $73,954

Roscoe, MT $73,497

Roundup, MT $73,637

Ryegate, MT $73,485

Saint Xavier, MT $73,990

Sanders, MT $73,587

Sand Springs, MT $73,405

Shawmut, MT $73,461

Shepherd, MT $75,345

Silver Gate, MT $73,644

Springdale, MT $73,535

Sumatra, MT $73,405

Teigen, MT $73,511

Two Dot, MT $73,453

Wilsall, MT $73,518

Winnett, MT $73,459

Worden, MT $74,745

Wyola, MT $73,720

Billings, MT $75,742

Baker, MT $73,837

Wolf Point, MT $73,584

Antelope, MT $73,674

Bainville, MT $73,927

Brockton, MT $73,547

Brockway, MT $73,445

Circle, MT $73,501

Crane, MT $73,978

Culbertson, MT $73,709

Dagmar, MT $73,744

Fairview, MT $73,958

Flaxville, MT $73,490

Fort Peck, MT $73,455

Frazer, MT $73,539

Froid, MT $73,610

Glasgow, MT $73,579

Saint Marie, MT $73,891

Glentana, MT $73,456

Hinsdale, MT $73,439

Homestead, MT $73,610

Lambert, MT $73,565

Larslan, MT $73,445

Medicine Lake, MT $73,600

Nashua, MT $73,540

Opheim, MT $73,434

Outlook, MT $73,544

Peerless, MT $73,448

Plentywood, MT $73,660

Poplar, MT $73,598

Raymond, MT $73,605

Redstone, MT $73,450

Reserve, MT $73,522

Richey, MT $73,480

Richland, MT $73,439

Saco, MT $73,481

Savage, MT $73,699

Scobey, MT $73,547

Sidney, MT $73,976

Vandalia, MT $73,474

Vida, MT $73,497

Westby, MT $73,729

Whitetail, MT $73,437

Miles City, MT $73,590

Alzada, MT $73,527

Angela, MT $73,394

Alberton, MT $73,503

Arlee, MT $73,531

Bonner, MT $73,507

Charlo, MT $73,552

Clinton, MT $73,556

Condon, MT $73,424

Conner, MT $73,569

Corvallis, MT $73,667

Darby, MT $73,428

De Borgia, MT $73,276

Dixon, MT $73,487

Drummond, MT $73,527

Florence, MT $73,649

Frenchtown, MT $73,620

Grantsdale, MT $73,627

Hall, MT $73,512

Hamilton, MT $73,629

Pinesdale, MT $73,798

Haugan, MT $73,259

Helmville, MT $73,368

Heron, MT $73,286

Hot Springs, MT $73,419

Huson, MT $73,522

Lolo, MT $73,605

Lonepine, MT $73,446

Milltown, MT $73,791

Noxon, MT $73,256

Ovando, MT $73,361

Pablo, MT $73,815

Paradise, MT $73,529

Philipsburg, MT $73,512

Plains, MT $73,470

Polson, MT $73,586

Ravalli, MT $73,539

Ronan, MT $73,595

Saint Ignatius, MT $73,577

Saint Regis, MT $73,420

Saltese, MT $73,229

Seeley Lake, MT $73,547

Stevensville, MT $73,664

Sula, MT $73,402

Superior, MT $73,474

Thompson Falls, MT $73,369

Trout Creek, MT $73,301

Victor, MT $73,619

Kalispell, MT $73,649

Big Arm, MT $73,552

Bigfork, MT $73,549

Columbia Falls, MT $73,642

Coram, MT $73,547

Dayton, MT $73,562

Elmo, MT $73,476

Essex, MT $73,428

Eureka, MT $73,569

Fortine, MT $73,497

Hungry Horse, MT $73,727

Kila, MT $73,489

Lake Mc Donald, MT $73,556

Lakeside, MT $73,610

Libby, MT $73,459

Marion, MT $73,448

Martin City, MT $73,608

Olney, MT $73,437

Polebridge, MT $73,309

Proctor, MT $73,455

Rexford, MT $73,510

Rollins, MT $73,499

Somers, MT $73,601

Stryker, MT $73,424

Trego, MT $73,479

Troy, MT $73,256

West Glacier, MT $73,332

Whitefish, MT $73,605

Bloomfield, MT $73,520

Boyes, MT $73,543

Broadus, MT $73,565

Brusett, MT $73,448

Capitol, MT $73,390

Cohagen, MT $73,420

Colstrip, MT $73,719

Ekalaka, MT $73,548

Fallon, MT $73,626

Forsyth, MT $73,528

Glendive, MT $73,772

Hammond, MT $73,497

Hathaway, MT $73,579

Ismay, MT $73,520

Jordan, MT $73,463

Kinsey, MT $73,551

Lindsay, MT $73,459

Mildred, MT $73,625

Olive, MT $73,474

Plevna, MT $73,689

Powderville, MT $73,401

Rosebud, MT $73,437

Terry, MT $73,486

Volborg, MT $73,439

Wibaux, MT $73,743

Willard, MT $73,713

Great Falls, MT $70,416

Malmstrom A F B, MT $70,416

Augusta, MT $73,436

Babb, MT $73,463

Belt, MT $71,280

Black Eagle, MT $70,416

Brady, MT $72,738

Browning, MT $73,561

Buffalo, MT $73,505

Bynum, MT $73,496

Carter, MT $71,639

Cascade, MT $72,629

Choteau, MT $73,497

Coffee Creek, MT $73,503

Conrad, MT $73,564

Cut Bank, MT $73,514

Denton, MT $73,485

Dupuyer, MT $73,428

Dutton, MT $71,906

East Glacier Park, MT $73,397

Ethridge, MT $73,419

Fairfield, MT $72,917

Floweree, MT $70,564

Forest Grove, MT $73,474

Fort Benton, MT $72,968

Fort Shaw, MT $71,380

Galata, MT $73,439

Geraldine, MT $73,470

Geyser, MT $72,942

Heart Butte, MT $73,560

Highwood, MT $71,382

Hilger, MT $73,503

Hobson, MT $73,514

Judith Gap, MT $73,499

Kevin, MT $73,487

Ledger, MT $73,455

Lewistown, MT $73,633

Loma, MT $73,470

Lothair, MT $73,463

Moccasin, MT $73,518

Monarch, MT $72,705

Moore, MT $73,558

Neihart, MT $73,247

Oilmont, MT $73,449

Pendroy, MT $73,428

Power, MT $71,104

Raynesford, MT $72,620

Roy, MT $73,436

Sand Coulee, MT $70,416

Shelby, MT $73,565

Simms, MT $71,935

Stanford, MT $73,510

Stockett, MT $71,141

Sunburst, MT $73,514

Sun River, MT $71,010

Sweet Grass, MT $73,468

Biddle, MT $73,591

Ulm, MT $70,450

Valier, MT $73,503

Vaughn, MT $70,707

Winifred, MT $73,477

Havre, MT $73,616

Big Sandy, MT $73,492

Box Elder, MT $73,638

Chester, MT $73,502

Chinook, MT $73,515

Dodson, MT $73,488

Gildford, MT $73,475

Harlem, MT $73,576

Hays, MT $73,606

Hingham, MT $73,476

Hogeland, MT $73,463

Inverness, MT $73,458

Joplin, MT $73,476

Kremlin, MT $73,474

Lloyd, MT $73,366

Loring, MT $73,435

Malta, MT $73,527

Rudyard, MT $73,492

Turner, MT $73,481

Whitewater, MT $73,448

Whitlash, MT $73,397

Zortman, MT $73,534

Zurich, MT $73,434

Helena, MT $70,212

Basin, MT $71,746

Boulder, MT $72,532

Canyon Creek, MT $70,995

Clancy, MT $70,331

East Helena, MT $70,165

Fort Harrison, MT $70,165

Jefferson City, MT $70,836

Lincoln, MT $73,494

Marysville, MT $70,909

Radersburg, MT $72,648

Ringling, MT $73,412

Toston, MT $72,927

Townsend, MT $71,846

White Sulphur Springs, MT $73,197

Winston, MT $70,982

Wolf Creek, MT $72,479

Butte, MT $73,491

Alder, MT $73,466

Anaconda, MT $73,653

Avon, MT $71,695

Belgrade, MT $73,741

Bozeman, MT $73,788

Big Sky, MT $73,733

Cameron, MT $73,417

Cardwell, MT $73,576

Deer Lodge, MT $73,044

Dell, MT $73,216

Dillon, MT $73,522

Divide, MT $73,502

Elliston, MT $71,097

Ennis, MT $73,621

Gallatin Gateway, MT $73,579

Garrison, MT $72,683

Glen, MT $73,499

Gold Creek, MT $73,168

Harrison, MT $73,597

Jackson, MT $73,310

Lima, MT $73,269

Mc Allister, MT $73,607

Manhattan, MT $73,720

Melrose, MT $73,507

Norris, MT $73,507

Polaris, MT $73,418

Pony, MT $73,612

Ramsay, MT $73,651

Sheridan, MT $73,638

Silver Star, MT $73,636

Three Forks, MT $73,662

Twin Bridges, MT $73,575

Virginia City, MT $73,601

Warm Springs, MT $73,643

West Yellowstone, MT $73,560

Whitehall, MT $73,652

Willow Creek, MT $73,630

Wisdom, MT $73,328

Wise River, MT $73,457

Missoula, MT $73,903

Adult Protective Investigator Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Adult Protective Investigator's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$66,480

Average $74,089/year

$85,418

$5,540

Average $6,174/month

$7,118

$1,278

Average $1,425/week

$1,643

$32

Average $36/hour

$41

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$85,418	$7,118	$1,643	$41
Average	$74,089	$6,174	$1,425	$36
25th Percentile	$66,480	$5,540	$1,278	$32

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