State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Maryland vs Tennessee
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Tennessee, $77,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.9% — not 64.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.4%
Maryland vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+43.9%
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
Tennessee
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $77,090
- p25
- $60,730
- p75
- $107,810
- p10
- $49,660
- p90
- $149,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.