City of Baltimore / Police Department (123)
Agency file
The Police Department (123) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 31 employees with median total compensation of $96,320; the highest distinct record was $198,860.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 31 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($96,320) — 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 $131,363 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $61,484. 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 | $3.2M — | 44 — | $71,690 — |
| 2015 | $3.3M ▲ 1.1% | 42 ▼ 4.5% | $78,320 ▲ 9.2% |
| 2016 | $3M ▼ 7.0% | 29 ▼ 31.0% | $93,942 ▲ 19.9% |
| 2017 | $2.6M ▼ 13.1% | 26 ▼ 10.3% | $91,034 ▼ 3.1% |
| 2018 | $2.8M ▲ 6.7% | 26 ±0% | $96,497 ▲ 6.0% |
| 2019 | $3.2M ▲ 15.6% | 29 ▲ 11.5% | $104,986 ▲ 8.8% |
| 2020 | $3.1M ▼ 4.8% | 31 ▲ 6.9% | $96,320 ▼ 8.3% |
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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 (123)
Source-specific fields
Jason Lee holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (123). Their tenure dates to 2001, about 19 years. In 2020, their total compensation was $155,210.