City of Baltimore / Police Department (091)
Agency file
The Police Department (091) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 16 employees with median total compensation of $108,587; the highest distinct record was $170,872.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 16 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($108,587) — 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 $150,338 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $84,676. 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 | $1.2M — | 15 — | $78,429 — |
| 2015 | $1.1M ▼ 6.5% | 12 ▼ 20.0% | $88,308 ▲ 12.6% |
| 2016 | $1.1M ▼ 3.6% | 10 ▼ 16.7% | $103,006 ▲ 16.6% |
| 2017 | $1.7M ▲ 64.2% | 19 ▲ 90.0% | $89,637 ▼ 13.0% |
| 2018 | $1.6M ▼ 10.2% | 15 ▼ 21.1% | $99,619 ▲ 11.1% |
| 2019 | $1.4M ▼ 10.2% | 12 ▼ 20.0% | $108,438 ▲ 8.9% |
| 2020 | $1.8M ▲ 31.5% | 16 ▲ 33.3% | $108,587 ▲ 0.1% |
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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 (091)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (091), Matthew Klingenstein serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 2013, about 7 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $119,593.