City of Baltimore / Police Department (063)
Agency file
The Police Department (063) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 32 employees with median total compensation of $98,033; the highest distinct record was $175,475.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 32 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($98,033) — 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 $137,584 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $61,242. 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 | $2.2M — | 30 — | $69,684 — |
| 2015 | $2.5M ▲ 13.8% | 29 ▼ 3.3% | $79,396 ▲ 13.9% |
| 2016 | $3.5M ▲ 41.9% | 37 ▲ 27.6% | $86,393 ▲ 8.8% |
| 2017 | $3.6M ▲ 2.3% | 37 ±0% | $89,615 ▲ 3.7% |
| 2018 | $3.6M ▼ 0.9% | 33 ▼ 10.8% | $106,239 ▲ 18.5% |
| 2019 | $3.3M ▼ 8.6% | 29 ▼ 12.1% | $105,890 ▼ 0.3% |
| 2020 | $3.2M ▼ 2.0% | 32 ▲ 10.3% | $98,033 ▼ 7.4% |
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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 (063)
Source-specific fields
Isiah Smith works as a Police Officer for Police Department (063). They have served since 2013 (about 7 years). Isiah earned $4,647 in 2020.