State comparison · 2025
Detectives and Criminal Investigators salary: Maryland vs Wyoming
Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $126,730. In Wyoming, $81,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.6% — not 54.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.8%
Maryland vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+36.6%
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
Wyoming
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Median
- $81,880
- p25
- $71,930
- p75
- $104,080
- p10
- $62,230
- p90
- $149,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.