City of Baltimore / Health Department
Agency file
The Health Department oversees public health and medical services — disease prevention, clinics and hospitals, and health licensing and regulation.
In 2025, this agency had 628 employees with median total compensation of $56,506; the highest distinct record was $183,685.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 628 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($56,506) — 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 $100,986 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $11,370. 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 | $45.2M — | 1,070 — | $38,322 — |
| 2022 | $45.2M ±0% | 1,072 ▲ 0.2% | $40,963 ▲ 6.9% |
| 2023 | $45.1M ▼ 0.3% | 923 ▼ 13.9% | $47,656 ▲ 16.3% |
| 2024 | $44.2M ▼ 1.9% | 842 ▼ 8.8% | $50,713 ▲ 6.4% |
| 2025 | $38.1M ▼ 13.9% | 628 ▼ 25.4% | $56,506 ▲ 11.4% |
Record list
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Director, Early Intervention Services/Health Department
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Denise L Shields is a Director, Early Intervention Services at Health Department. Their tenure dates to 2016, about 9 years. 2025 total compensation came to $103,189.