City of Baltimore / Police Department (003)
Agency file
The Police Department (003) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 12 employees with median total compensation of $102,668; the highest distinct record was $184,759.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 12 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($102,668) — 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 $180,733 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $58,529. 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 7 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $1.3M — | 14 — | $87,503 — |
| 2015 | $1.2M ▼ 4.7% | 12 ▼ 14.3% | $88,589 ▲ 1.2% |
| 2016 | $1.3M ▲ 9.1% | 12 ±0% | $97,673 ▲ 10.3% |
| 2017 | $479.5K ▼ 63.3% | 5 ▼ 58.3% | $86,220 ▼ 11.7% |
| 2018 | $196.7K ▼ 59.0% | 2 ▼ 60.0% | $98,372 ▲ 14.1% |
| 2019 | $1.3M ▲ 565.9% | 12 ▲ 500.0% | $101,740 ▲ 3.4% |
| 2020 | $1.4M ▲ 4.5% | 12 ±0% | $102,668 ▲ 0.9% |
Compare
Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Police Sergeant/Police Department (003)
Source-specific fields
Anthony Vaeth works as a Police Sergeant for Police Department (003). Their tenure dates to 1993, about 26 years. Anthony earned $160,622 in 2019.