City of Baltimore / Police Department (196) / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
16 employees hold this title in Police Department (196). Median total compensation for the role is $79,915, below the department median of $87,184.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 16 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 4,600 people — is $76,530. Police Department (196) pays a median base salary of $80,586 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 55th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Police Department (196)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Police Department (196)’s median base salary is 6% above that national figure, about the 55th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 25 of 26 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Police Department (196) is $79,915, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Police Officer is held in 133 City of Baltimore departments. In Police Department (196), the median of $79,915 ranks #102 of 133.
Median total compensation for the Police Officer role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $85,476 ranks #22 of 31. See Police Officer across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Officer roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Police Officer/Police Department (196)
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At Police Department (196), Bruce Dhaiti serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 2014, about 6 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $123,600.
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Brooke Varner is a Police Officer at Police Department (196). Hired in 2015, they have about 5 years of service. 2020 total compensation came to $119,734.
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Brenden Provow works as a Police Officer for Police Department (196). Hired in 2011, they have about 9 years of service. Brenden earned $115,805 in 2020.
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Moise Eugene is a Police Officer at Police Department (196). Their tenure dates to 2015, about 5 years. 2020 total compensation came to $95,124.
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Darius Carter holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (196). Hired in 2012, they have about 6 years of service. In 2018, their total compensation was $90,607.
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Bryant Jones holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (196). Their tenure dates to 2007, about 12 years. In 2019, their total compensation was $89,078.
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At Police Department (196), Roberto Arena serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 2014, about 5 years. Their 2019 pay totaled $80,624.
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Steven Foster is a Police Officer at Police Department (196). Hired in 2013, they have about 5 years of service. 2018 total compensation came to $80,586.
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Carlos Sanchez holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (196). Hired in 2015, they have about 5 years of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $79,244.
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At Police Department (196), Michael Yezzi serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 2013, about 7 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $78,947.
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Shannon Leister works as a Police Officer for Police Department (196). Their tenure dates to 2018, about 2 years. Shannon earned $77,420 in 2020.
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Jorge Riaza Giraldo works as a Police Officer for Police Department (196). Hired in 2018, they have about 2 years of service. Jorge earned $75,532 in 2020.
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Luke Shelley is a Police Officer at Police Department (196). They have served since 2016 (about 3 years). 2019 total compensation came to $71,135.
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At Police Department (196), William Bayton serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 2018, about 2 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $67,200.
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Mitchell Ramsey holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (196). They have served since 2018 (about 2 years). In 2020, their total compensation was $62,775.
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Jesus Lopez-Ventosa holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (196). They have served since 2017 (about 3 years). In 2020, their total compensation was $14,247.