State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Kentucky vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Kentucky, $71,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.2% — not 43.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.4%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-34.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $71,670
- p25
- $61,330
- p75
- $96,120
- p10
- $51,640
- p90
- $149,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.