City of Baltimore / Police Department (221)
Agency file
The Police Department (221) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 10 employees with median total compensation of $100,518; the highest distinct record was $158,843.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 10 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($100,518) — 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 $158,752 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $90,426. 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 | $1M — | 12 — | $83,322 — |
| 2015 | $1.2M ▲ 18.5% | 13 ▲ 8.3% | $86,942 ▲ 4.3% |
| 2016 | $1.1M ▼ 10.3% | 11 ▼ 15.4% | $91,490 ▲ 5.2% |
| 2017 | $474.3K ▼ 57.2% | 4 ▼ 63.6% | $110,678 ▲ 21.0% |
| 2018 | $459.5K ▼ 3.1% | 4 ±0% | $107,230 ▼ 3.1% |
| 2019 | $1.2M ▲ 166.0% | 10 ▲ 150.0% | $115,327 ▲ 7.6% |
| 2020 | $1.2M ▼ 5.6% | 10 ±0% | $100,518 ▼ 12.8% |
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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 (221)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (221), Matthew Dzambo serves as a Police Officer. Hired in 1993, they have about 27 years of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $97,510.