State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Kansas vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Kansas, $75,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Kansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-30.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $75,740
- p25
- $57,530
- p75
- $91,560
- p10
- $49,610
- p90
- $114,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.