City of Baltimore / Police Department (192)
Agency file
The Police Department (192) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 6 employees with median total compensation of $55,054; the highest distinct record was $81,907.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 6 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($55,054) — 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 $57,697 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $40,709. 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 6 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $1.8M — | 21 — | $77,740 — |
| 2016 | $568.8K ▼ 68.3% | 5 ▼ 76.2% | $105,990 ▲ 36.3% |
| 2017 | $229K ▼ 59.7% | 2 ▼ 60.0% | $114,520 ▲ 8.0% |
| 2018 | $245.6K ▲ 7.2% | 2 ±0% | $122,778 ▲ 7.2% |
| 2019 | $124.9K ▼ 49.2% | 3 ▲ 50.0% | $41,715 ▼ 66.0% |
| 2020 | $343.8K ▲ 175.3% | 6 ▲ 100.0% | $55,054 ▲ 32.0% |
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 (192)
Source-specific fields
Jonathan Lane is a Police Officer at Police Department (192). Hired in 2011, they have about 4 years of service. 2015 total compensation came to $74,423.