State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: California vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In California, $124,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.6% — not 1.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.5%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-6.6%
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
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.