City of Baltimore / Police Department (036)
Agency file
The Police Department (036) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 15 employees with median total compensation of $115,014; the highest distinct record was $210,782.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 15 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($115,014) — 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 $138,520 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $84,989. 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 | $853.9K — | 10 — | $85,728 — |
| 2015 | $1.3M ▲ 56.0% | 13 ▲ 30.0% | $100,471 ▲ 17.2% |
| 2016 | $1.3M ▼ 3.7% | 11 ▼ 15.4% | $113,073 ▲ 12.5% |
| 2017 | $294.3K ▼ 77.1% | 3 ▼ 72.7% | $87,783 ▼ 22.4% |
| 2018 | $247K ▼ 16.0% | 2 ▼ 33.3% | $123,514 ▲ 40.7% |
| 2019 | $1.2M ▲ 380.2% | 10 ▲ 400.0% | $109,387 ▼ 11.4% |
| 2020 | $1.7M ▲ 44.6% | 15 ▲ 50.0% | $115,014 ▲ 5.1% |
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 (036)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (036), Terry Bell serves as a Police Sergeant. Hired in 2000, they have about 16 years of service. Their 2016 pay totaled $159,330.