State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: California vs Vermont
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in California earn a median of $124,840. In Vermont, $106,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 17.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.4%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+3.9%
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
Vermont
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $106,330
- p25
- $84,430
- p75
- $111,530
- p10
- $65,690
- p90
- $153,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.