City of Baltimore / Police Department (165)
Agency file
The Police Department (165) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 12 employees with median total compensation of $103,063; the highest distinct record was $200,872.
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 ($103,063) — 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 $165,982 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $83,719. 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 — | 14 — | $86,078 — |
| 2015 | $1.5M ▲ 24.7% | 13 ▼ 7.1% | $104,409 ▲ 21.3% |
| 2016 | $1.1M ▼ 25.3% | 9 ▼ 30.8% | $120,291 ▲ 15.2% |
| 2017 | $741.6K ▼ 34.3% | 6 ▼ 33.3% | $121,313 ▲ 0.9% |
| 2018 | $683.5K ▼ 7.8% | 4 ▼ 33.3% | $179,805 ▲ 48.2% |
| 2019 | $991.1K ▲ 45.0% | 9 ▲ 125.0% | $103,829 ▼ 42.3% |
| 2020 | $1.3M ▲ 33.4% | 12 ▲ 33.3% | $103,063 ▼ 0.7% |
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 Officer/Police Department (165)
Source-specific fields
Melissa Barnes holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (165). Hired in 2010, they have about 7 years of service. In 2017, their total compensation was $70,204.