• Criminal Investigators are required to collect various kinds of evidence.microscope image by Fotocie from Fotolia.com
  
  Criminal Justice is profession in which the area of study is to analyze crime scenes and criminal behavior. Criminal justice serves many different departments within the U.S. law enforcement system and is among one of the largest federally operated departments. Careers in the criminal justice field have an extremely broad range with different salaries that can be based on the level of activity in the jurisdiction.
  
  

Criminal Investigator

• Criminal Investigators are responsible for analyzing the overall scope, direction and timing of a particular type of crime scene. Their duties include submitting evidence to laboratories, drafting detailed progress reports, vetting witnesses, and cooperating with other government operated agencies. Criminal investigators are among the highest-paid employees in the criminal justice field with an average salary of $86,012, according to LEDegrees.com.
  
  

Substance Abuse Counselor

• The job of a Substance Abuse Counselor is to provide counseling to individuals who abuse alcohol or drugs. Many crimes are committed each year by individuals who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol, resulting in these individuals being sentenced to undergo substance abuse counseling in prison. LEDegrees.com has listed the average yearly salary for a Substance Abuse Counselor as $59,850, making it one of the higher paying careers in criminal justice.
  
  

Secret Service Agent

• The office of the U.S. Secret Service is one of the oldest federal investigative law enforcement agencies in the U.S. The duty of the Secret Service is to provide security to individuals directly related to executive members of the U.S. government. These individuals include heads of foreign states, children of former presidents that are under the age of 16, and immediate family of the active U.S. President. Secret Service agents are a high paid profession in criminal justice and make an average salary of $68,288 as reported by LEDegrees.com.