State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Arkansas vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Arkansas, $54,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48% — not 57%.
Nominal pay gap
-57%
Arkansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-48%
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
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.