City of Baltimore / Police Department (196)
Agency file
The Police Department (196) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 16 employees with median total compensation of $87,184; the highest distinct record was $154,042.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 16 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($87,184) — 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 $130,354 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $62,775. 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 | $568.6K — | 8 — | $68,667 — |
| 2016 | $788.4K ▲ 38.7% | 10 ▲ 25.0% | $78,316 ▲ 14.1% |
| 2017 | $670.9K ▼ 14.9% | 8 ▼ 20.0% | $82,852 ▲ 5.8% |
| 2018 | $904.3K ▲ 34.8% | 9 ▲ 12.5% | $90,607 ▲ 9.4% |
| 2019 | $1.6M ▲ 79.4% | 16 ▲ 77.8% | $97,117 ▲ 7.2% |
| 2020 | $1.4M ▼ 12.2% | 16 ±0% | $87,184 ▼ 10.2% |
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 (196)
Source-specific fields
William Quigley is a Police Officer at Police Department (196). Hired in 2011, they have about 8 years of service. 2019 total compensation came to $87,692.