State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Connecticut vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Connecticut, $95,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.8%
Connecticut vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-23.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $95,240
- p25
- $88,390
- p75
- $103,800
- p10
- $78,990
- p90
- $130,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.