City of Baltimore / Police Department (065)
Agency file
The Police Department (065) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 15 employees with median total compensation of $100,243; the highest distinct record was $198,839.
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 ($100,243) — 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 $176,829 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $80,468. 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 | $1.5M — | 17 — | $86,318 — |
| 2015 | $1.3M ▼ 11.2% | 13 ▼ 23.5% | $99,628 ▲ 15.4% |
| 2016 | $893.3K ▼ 33.6% | 8 ▼ 38.5% | $111,960 ▲ 12.4% |
| 2017 | $293.1K ▼ 67.2% | 3 ▼ 62.5% | $93,542 ▼ 16.5% |
| 2018 | $435.2K ▲ 48.5% | 4 ▲ 33.3% | $102,759 ▲ 9.9% |
| 2019 | $993.3K ▲ 128.3% | 9 ▲ 125.0% | $101,541 ▼ 1.2% |
| 2020 | $1.6M ▲ 65.9% | 15 ▲ 66.7% | $100,243 ▼ 1.3% |
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 Officer/Police Department (065)
Source-specific fields
Chris Wade works as a Police Officer for Police Department (065). They have served since 1987 (about 28 years). Chris earned $138,541 in 2015.