State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Maryland vs Vermont
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Vermont, $106,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 19.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.2%
Maryland vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+11.2%
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
Vermont
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $106,330
- p25
- $84,430
- p75
- $111,530
- p10
- $65,690
- p90
- $153,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.