State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Maryland vs Missouri
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Missouri, $75,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.9% — not 67.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+67.5%
Maryland vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+44.9%
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
Missouri
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $75,650
- p25
- $56,870
- p75
- $93,910
- p10
- $49,190
- p90
- $151,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.