State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Delaware vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Delaware, $122,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 3.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.7%
Delaware vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $122,050
- p25
- $71,670
- p75
- $149,990
- p10
- $65,830
- p90
- $164,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.