State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Minnesota, $80,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.8% — not 58.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.4%
Maryland vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+48.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Minnesota
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $80,000
- p25
- $69,580
- p75
- $100,090
- p10
- $59,710
- p90
- $115,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.