State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In New Jersey, $116,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 9%.
Nominal pay gap
+9%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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
New Jersey
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $116,300
- p25
- $91,360
- p75
- $134,000
- p10
- $73,100
- p90
- $165,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.