City of Baltimore / Courts - Circuit Court
Agency file
The Courts - Circuit Court operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.
In 2025, this agency had 114 employees with median total compensation of $74,942; the highest distinct record was $230,998.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 114 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($74,942) — 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 $96,453 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $35,904. 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 5 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $8.5M — | 133 — | $66,348 — |
| 2022 | $8.6M ▲ 0.4% | 150 ▲ 12.8% | $65,252 ▼ 1.7% |
| 2023 | $8.7M ▲ 1.1% | 146 ▼ 2.7% | $70,281 ▲ 7.7% |
| 2024 | $8.5M ▼ 1.5% | 140 ▼ 4.1% | $67,995 ▼ 3.3% |
| 2025 | $8.1M ▼ 4.8% | 114 ▼ 18.6% | $74,942 ▲ 10.2% |
Record list
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Court Secretary I/Courts - Circuit Court
Source-specific fields
Doris Thomas works as a Court Secretary I for Courts - Circuit Court. Hired in 2023, they have about 2 years of service. Doris earned $60,312 in 2025.