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Fire Department (121)

Source file: City of Baltimore — Employee Salaries / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Fire Department (121) provides fire protection and emergency response, including prevention, inspection, rescue, and medical aid.

In 2020, this agency had 21 employees with median total compensation of $83,276; the highest distinct record was $117,998.

Year
2020
Total payroll
$1.7M
Employees
21
Median total
$83,276
Highest record
$117,998

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 21 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($83,276) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$81,770 (100%)
  • Overtime$0 (0%)
  • Other$0 (0%)
  • Benefits$0 (0%)

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.

Pay percentiles

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$45,727
$77,032
$83,276
$93,687
$111,919

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $111,919 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $45,727. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

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

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 7 published years.

YearTotal payrollEmployeesMedian pay
2013
$1.5M
23
$64,965
2015
$1.5M
1.5%
20
13.0%
$75,103
15.6%
2016
$1.5M
0.5%
21
5.0%
$70,156
6.6%
2017
$1.6M
2.8%
20
4.8%
$73,829
5.2%
2018
$1.6M
1.1%
19
5.0%
$78,394
6.2%
2019
$1.5M
1.2%
18
5.3%
$81,929
4.5%
2020
$1.7M
10.9%
21
16.7%
$83,276
1.6%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Eric Austin Jr

EMT Firefighter/Fire Department (121)

2013 total comp
$60,164
Base pay
$60,164
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$60,164
Hire date
2008-08-18

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A64
Annualsalary
53236
Employee ID
31130

Eric Austin Jr is a EMT Firefighter at Fire Department (121). Hired in 2008, they have about 5 years of service. 2013 total compensation came to $60,164.