State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: California vs Kansas
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in California earn a median of $124,840. In Kansas, $75,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.2% — not 64.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.8%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+34.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Kansas
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $75,740
- p25
- $57,530
- p75
- $91,560
- p10
- $49,610
- p90
- $114,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.