City of Baltimore / Police Department (122)
Agency file
The Police Department (122) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 11 employees with median total compensation of $124,148; the highest distinct record was $174,740.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 11 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($124,148) — 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 $167,781 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $75,131. 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 | $1.1M — | 14 — | $77,675 — |
| 2015 | $1.3M ▲ 15.6% | 12 ▼ 14.3% | $97,583 ▲ 25.6% |
| 2016 | $1.3M ▼ 2.1% | 11 ▼ 8.3% | $108,232 ▲ 10.9% |
| 2017 | $501.3K ▼ 60.8% | 5 ▼ 54.5% | $98,215 ▼ 9.3% |
| 2018 | $250K ▼ 50.1% | 2 ▼ 60.0% | $124,992 ▲ 27.3% |
| 2019 | $721.7K ▲ 188.7% | 6 ▲ 200.0% | $114,671 ▼ 8.3% |
| 2020 | $1.4M ▲ 93.0% | 11 ▲ 83.3% | $124,148 ▲ 8.3% |
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 Major/Police Department (122)
Source-specific fields
Richard Gibson works as a Police Major for Police Department (122). They have served since 1997 (about 23 years). Richard earned $141,174 in 2020.