State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Colorado vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Colorado, $105,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 16.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.8%
Colorado vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $105,480
- p25
- $86,290
- p75
- $115,130
- p10
- $73,010
- p90
- $161,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.