State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Alabama vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Alabama, $66,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.1% — not 47.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.7%
Alabama vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-38.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $66,290
- p25
- $49,860
- p75
- $92,610
- p10
- $43,060
- p90
- $150,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $126,730
- p25
- $93,230
- p75
- $166,230
- p10
- $71,200
- p90
- $188,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.