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Fire Department (465)

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

The Fire Department (465) provides fire protection and emergency response, including prevention, inspection, rescue, and medical aid.

In 2020, this agency had 47 employees with median total compensation of $78,766; the highest distinct record was $195,918.

Year
2020
Total payroll
$3.9M
Employees
47
Median total
$78,766
Highest record
$195,918

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 47 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($78,766) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$82,143 (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
$41,487
$49,770
$78,766
$93,383
$153,354

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $153,354 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $41,487. 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
$3.7M
50
$73,406
2015
$5.1M
35.7%
53
6.0%
$92,379
25.8%
2016
$3.1M
39.6%
45
15.1%
$71,736
22.3%
2017
$3.2M
4.9%
41
8.9%
$78,682
9.7%
2018
$3.6M
10.8%
45
9.8%
$78,961
0.4%
2019
$3.2M
9.9%
42
6.7%
$77,463
1.9%
2020
$3.9M
20.3%
47
11.9%
$78,766
1.7%

Record list

Employees

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Joshua Coleman

Emergency Medical Technician/Fire Department (465)

2016 total comp
$26,913
Base pay
$26,913
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$26,913
Hire date
2015-09-23

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A64
Annualsalary
32000
Employee ID
85164

At Fire Department (465), Joshua Coleman serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. Their tenure dates to 2015, about a year. Their 2016 pay totaled $26,913.

James Pitts

Emergency Medical Technician/Fire Department (465)

2019 total comp
$26,272
Base pay
$26,272
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$26,272
Hire date
2018-09-19

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A64
Annualsalary
34298
Employee ID
133374

James Pitts works as a Emergency Medical Technician for Fire Department (465). They have served since 2018 (about a year). James earned $26,272 in 2019.

James Davis

Emergency Medical Technician/Fire Department (465)

2016 total comp
$25,029
Base pay
$25,029
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$25,029
Hire date
2015-09-23

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A64
Annualsalary
32000
Employee ID
85728

At Fire Department (465), James Davis serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. Hired in 2015, they have about a year of service. Their 2016 pay totaled $25,029.