State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Georgia vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Georgia, $65,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.7% — not 48.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-48.4%
Georgia vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-43.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $65,430
- p25
- $55,310
- p75
- $79,220
- p10
- $46,790
- p90
- $149,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.