State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: California vs Mississippi
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in California earn a median of $124,840. In Mississippi, $58,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 67.3% — not 112.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+112.9%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+67.3%
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
Mississippi
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $58,640
- p25
- $49,270
- p75
- $78,230
- p10
- $41,260
- p90
- $136,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.