Allegheny County, Pennsylvania / Police
Agency file
The Police provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2025, this agency had 297 employees with median total compensation of $117,092; the highest distinct record was $218,771.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 297 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($117,092) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $151,712 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $46,983. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.
Trend
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 3 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $30.1M — | 301 — | $108,836 — |
| 2024 | $31.5M ▲ 4.7% | 301 ±0% | $114,640 ▲ 5.3% |
| 2025 | $31.5M ±0% | 297 ▼ 1.3% | $117,092 ▲ 2.1% |
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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Source-specific fields
At Police, Christopher T Brown serves as a Police Officer. Records show a hire date of 1/2/2007. Their 2024 pay totaled $164,971.