State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Idaho vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Idaho, $72,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.1% — not 42.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.8%
Idaho vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-37.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $72,520
- p25
- $60,100
- p75
- $100,420
- p10
- $53,120
- p90
- $125,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.