City of Baltimore / Police Department (032)
Agency file
The Police Department (032) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 19 employees with median total compensation of $99,618; the highest distinct record was $147,802.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 19 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($99,618) — 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 $123,771 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $70,649. 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 | $786.3K — | 10 — | $76,380 — |
| 2015 | $531.8K ▼ 32.4% | 5 ▼ 50.0% | $103,374 ▲ 35.3% |
| 2016 | $1.3M ▲ 135.2% | 10 ▲ 100.0% | $120,943 ▲ 17.0% |
| 2017 | $1.7M ▲ 38.9% | 18 ▲ 80.0% | $99,073 ▼ 18.1% |
| 2018 | $1.6M ▼ 5.8% | 15 ▼ 16.7% | $109,632 ▲ 10.7% |
| 2019 | $1.6M ▲ 0.3% | 15 ±0% | $109,611 ±0% |
| 2020 | $1.9M ▲ 15.7% | 19 ▲ 26.7% | $99,618 ▼ 9.1% |
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Record list
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Police Lieutenant/Police Department (032)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (032), Michael Gardner serves as a Police Lieutenant. They have served since 1994 (about 25 years). Their 2019 pay totaled $137,936.