City of Baltimore / Police Department (005)
Agency file
The Police Department (005) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 34 employees with median total compensation of $92,612; the highest distinct record was $194,022.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 34 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($92,612) — 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 $136,688 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $58,354. 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 | $3.3M — | 45 — | $71,167 — |
| 2015 | $3.4M ▲ 2.4% | 44 ▼ 2.2% | $74,526 ▲ 4.7% |
| 2016 | $3.5M ▲ 3.2% | 41 ▼ 6.8% | $81,926 ▲ 9.9% |
| 2017 | $2.4M ▼ 32.0% | 29 ▼ 29.3% | $83,956 ▲ 2.5% |
| 2018 | $3.3M ▲ 39.9% | 39 ▲ 34.5% | $87,535 ▲ 4.3% |
| 2019 | $3.3M ▼ 1.9% | 37 ▼ 5.1% | $84,715 ▼ 3.2% |
| 2020 | $3.1M ▼ 4.0% | 34 ▼ 8.1% | $92,612 ▲ 9.3% |
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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 Officer/Police Department (005)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (005), Tankeisha Cokley serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 2013, about 7 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $17,971.