City of Baltimore / Police Department (163)
Agency file
The Police Department (163) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 13 employees with median total compensation of $57,230; the highest distinct record was $102,466.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 13 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($57,230) — 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 $59,725 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $38,489. 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 | $1.7M — | 22 — | $75,180 — |
| 2015 | $204.3K ▼ 87.7% | 3 ▼ 86.4% | $50,059 ▼ 33.4% |
| 2016 | $55.7K ▼ 72.8% | 1 ▼ 66.7% | $55,657 ▲ 11.2% |
| 2017 | $55.4K ▼ 0.5% | 1 ±0% | $55,351 ▼ 0.5% |
| 2018 | $65.4K ▲ 18.2% | 1 ±0% | $65,411 ▲ 18.2% |
| 2019 | $503.6K ▲ 669.9% | 10 ▲ 900.0% | $53,194 ▼ 18.7% |
| 2020 | $710.2K ▲ 41.0% | 13 ▲ 30.0% | $57,230 ▲ 7.6% |
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Record list
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Police Officer/Police Department (163)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (163), Donald Thomas serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 1999, about 14 years. Their 2013 pay totaled $85,371.