State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: California vs Rhode Island
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in California earn a median of $124,840. In Rhode Island, $88,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.1%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+30.4%
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
Rhode Island
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $88,450
- p25
- $77,760
- p75
- $99,100
- p10
- $75,910
- p90
- $159,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.