Forensic Investigator Career Path
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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. Investigator, the most common next career step, is a less experienced role which is common to see in career paths as titles aren't synonymous across companies (higher title doesn't always mean higher pay or larger scope) and not all job seekers are looking to increase their responsibility in their next career step. 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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How can I become a
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.
Research Associate, the most common step before Forensic Investigator, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a higher title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. Focus more on the scope of the next role than title progression in building a path to Forensic Investigator.
While Research Associate is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Forensic Investigator that is an overwhelmingly common path. 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.
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.
What should I know about the career path
Forensic Investigator is part of the Investigator job family which has a variety of unique role 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.