State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: California vs Wyoming
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in California earn a median of $124,840. In Wyoming, $81,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 52.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.5%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+27.7%
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
Wyoming
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $81,880
- p25
- $71,930
- p75
- $104,080
- p10
- $62,230
- p90
- $149,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.