Crime Analysis Job Descriptions

The Arizona Association of Crime Analysts lists some job descriptions at their website that is helpful to read to gain an understanding about the role of the crime analyst, duties and pay scales. Since there are no national standards for crime analysts, beyond professional association guidelines, pay for local level crime analysts varies greatly around the U.S. Intelligence analysts in the U.S. federal government law enforcement agencies generally make significantly more money than the local level police analysts. Local level analysts in the northeastern, southwestern and western U.S. generally make more than analysts in the southern and mid-western U.S., although wages can differ significantly from police agency to police agency within any particular state. State level police analysts general make more money than local level analysts.