City of Baltimore / Police Department (006)
Agency file
The Police Department (006) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 34 employees with median total compensation of $81,965; the highest distinct record was $160,675.
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 ($81,965) — 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 $113,709 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $52,524. 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 | $2.6M — | 40 — | $67,481 — |
| 2015 | $3.6M ▲ 36.9% | 50 ▲ 25.0% | $63,619 ▼ 5.7% |
| 2016 | $3.2M ▼ 11.2% | 43 ▼ 14.0% | $70,450 ▲ 10.7% |
| 2017 | $2.4M ▼ 24.0% | 30 ▼ 30.2% | $77,282 ▲ 9.7% |
| 2018 | $3.2M ▲ 33.3% | 38 ▲ 26.7% | $79,428 ▲ 2.8% |
| 2019 | $3M ▼ 7.9% | 33 ▼ 13.2% | $88,905 ▲ 11.9% |
| 2020 | $2.8M ▼ 6.5% | 34 ▲ 3.0% | $81,965 ▼ 7.8% |
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 Lieutenant/Police Department (006)
Source-specific fields
Bruce Ridley is a Police Lieutenant at Police Department (006). They have served since 1991 (about 27 years). 2018 total compensation came to $121,757.