State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Maine vs Maryland
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Maine, $88,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.6% — not 30.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.3%
Maine vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-24.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $88,310
- p25
- $75,210
- p75
- $109,300
- p10
- $63,290
- p90
- $120,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.