City of Baltimore / Police Department (097)
Agency file
The Police Department (097) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 12 employees with median total compensation of $130,972; the highest distinct record was $181,299.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 12 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($130,972) — 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 $166,549 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $96,147. 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 — | 12 — | $94,400 — |
| 2015 | $1.3M ▲ 11.9% | 12 ±0% | $109,443 ▲ 15.9% |
| 2016 | $1.5M ▲ 11.4% | 12 ±0% | $121,532 ▲ 11.0% |
| 2017 | $486.4K ▼ 66.7% | 5 ▼ 58.3% | $92,052 ▼ 24.3% |
| 2018 | $415.6K ▼ 14.6% | 4 ▼ 20.0% | $110,089 ▲ 19.6% |
| 2019 | $1.5M ▲ 270.6% | 12 ▲ 200.0% | $130,561 ▲ 18.6% |
| 2020 | $1.6M ▲ 3.5% | 12 ±0% | $130,972 ▲ 0.3% |
Compare
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Record list
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Police Lieutenant/Police Department (097)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (097), Nicholas Edwards serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their tenure dates to 1996, about 20 years. Their 2016 pay totaled $118,640.