- Based on 34 Jobtrees users who were a Forensic Investigator in their career, on average, they have 3.78 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 10.6 years on average and earn $76K per year on average in this more senior role.
- 18% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Forensic Investigator are Investigator, Detective and Special Agent. While Investigator is from the same job family, Investigator, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Detective, also being a common career path from Forensic Investigator.
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- The most common career steps to get to Forensic Investigator are Research Associate, Information Security Engineer and Advisor based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Research Associate is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Forensic Investigator that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Forensic Investigator career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Forensic Investigator so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Mid role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider research associate or information security engineer as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to forensic investigator. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Research Associate isn't from the same job family as Forensic Investigator, Investigator, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Information Security Engineer also being a common career path to Forensic Investigator.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Forensic Investigator are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Criminal Justice, Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Forensic Science, and Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Forensic Studies. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Forensic Investigator is part of the Investigator job family which has a limited number of unique role types (14) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.