State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Alaska vs California
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in California earn a median of $124,840. In Alaska, $114,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 7.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.9%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-0.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $114,940
- p25
- $92,110
- p75
- $168,790
- p10
- $79,680
- p90
- $183,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $124,840
- p25
- $99,270
- p75
- $136,020
- p10
- $78,280
- p90
- $165,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.