State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Indiana vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Indiana, $70,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.5% — not 44.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.5%
Indiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-37.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $70,340
- p25
- $56,320
- p75
- $82,740
- p10
- $45,480
- p90
- $127,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.