State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Pennsylvania, $97,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.7% — not 29.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.9%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+20.7%
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
Pennsylvania
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $97,580
- p25
- $79,190
- p75
- $116,960
- p10
- $63,770
- p90
- $154,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.