City of Baltimore / Police Department (126)
Agency file
The Police Department (126) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 9 employees with median total compensation of $56,557; the highest distinct record was $58,651.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 9 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($56,557) — 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 $57,546 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $40,234. 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 3 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $624.8K — | 7 — | $80,449 — |
| 2019 | $536.9K ▼ 14.1% | 10 ▲ 42.9% | $53,933 ▼ 33.0% |
| 2020 | $474.3K ▼ 11.7% | 9 ▼ 10.0% | $56,557 ▲ 4.9% |
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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 Trainee/Police Department (126)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (126), Joshua Kordela serves as a Police Officer Trainee. Hired in 2019, they have about a year of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $51,287.