State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Iowa, $79,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.2%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-24.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $79,560
- p25
- $67,370
- p75
- $90,380
- p10
- $58,930
- p90
- $141,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.