State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Arkansas vs California
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in California earn a median of $124,840. In Arkansas, $54,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.4% — not 56.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-56.3%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-44.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $54,500
- p25
- $46,300
- p75
- $66,820
- p10
- $41,380
- p90
- $144,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.