City of Baltimore / Police Department (001) / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
20 employees hold this title in Police Department (001). Median total compensation for the role is $83,964, below the department median of $102,032.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 20 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 4,600 people — is $76,530. Police Department (001) pays a median base salary of $80,564 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 55th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Police Department (001)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Police Department (001)’s median base salary is 6% above that national figure, about the 55th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 30 of 31 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Police Department (001) is $79,978, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Police Officer is held in 131 City of Baltimore departments. In Police Department (001), the median of $83,964 ranks #65 of 131.
Median total compensation for the Police Officer role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $85,476 ranks #22 of 31. See Police Officer across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Officer roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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At Police Department (001), William Mcelveen serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 1993, about 27 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $157,958.
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At Police Department (001), Kim Brown serves as a Police Officer. Hired in 1984, they have about 36 years of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $155,216.
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Charles Lee is a Police Officer at Police Department (001). Their tenure dates to 1993, about 23 years. 2016 total compensation came to $154,906.
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Christopher Kraemer works as a Police Officer for Police Department (001). Hired in 1991, they have about 27 years of service. Christopher earned $124,473 in 2018.
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Leonard Baze works as a Police Officer for Police Department (001). Their tenure dates to 1975, about 41 years. Leonard earned $117,071 in 2016.
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At Police Department (001), Robert Horne serves as a Police Officer. They have served since 1994 (about 22 years). Their 2016 pay totaled $114,224.
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Amanda Linthicum is a Police Officer at Police Department (001). They have served since 1988 (about 28 years). 2016 total compensation came to $104,446.
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At Police Department (001), Roger Nolan serves as a Police Officer. Hired in 1992, they have about 28 years of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $102,258.
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Michael Miller is a Police Officer at Police Department (001). Their tenure dates to 2002, about 13 years. 2015 total compensation came to $99,989.
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Brian Righter works as a Police Officer for Police Department (001). Hired in 1994, they have about 22 years of service. Brian earned $87,950 in 2016.
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At Police Department (001), Rico Calcitrai serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 1998, about 17 years. Their 2015 pay totaled $79,978.
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Alesha Salyers holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (001). They have served since 2001 (about 15 years). In 2016, their total compensation was $79,436.
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Clarissa Fields is a Police Officer at Police Department (001). They have served since 1990 (about 23 years). 2013 total compensation came to $73,045.
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Sharee Goode works as a Police Officer for Police Department (001). Hired in 2003, they have about 13 years of service. Sharee earned $71,123 in 2016.
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At Police Department (001), Harry Pawley serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 1993, about 20 years. Their 2013 pay totaled $68,689.
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At Police Department (001), Darwin Noesi serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 2014, about 2 years. Their 2016 pay totaled $65,846.
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At Police Department (001), Toyia Williams serves as a Police Officer. They have served since 1997 (about 16 years). Their 2013 pay totaled $62,808.
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Bryan Ford holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (001). Hired in 2013, they have about 3 years of service. In 2016, their total compensation was $60,264.
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Jessica Scott holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (001). They have served since 2014 (about 2 years). In 2016, their total compensation was $55,983.
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Richard Allen holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (001). Hired in 2001, they have about 12 years of service. In 2013, their total compensation was $8,679.