City of Baltimore / Police Department (226) / Police Officer (Eid)
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
5 employees hold this title in Police Department (226). Median total compensation for the role is $74,308, above the department median of $56,854.
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 (226) pays a median base salary of $74,013 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 41st 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 (226)’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 (226)’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 47th 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 39 of 40 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 (226) is $73,950, 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 (Eid) is held in 112 City of Baltimore departments. In Police Department (226), the median of $74,308 ranks #98 of 112.
Median total compensation for the Police Officer (Eid) 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 $85,542 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 (Eid)/Police Department (226)
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Owen Ray Jr holds the role of Police Officer (Eid) at Police Department (226). Their tenure dates to 1996, about 19 years. In 2015, their total compensation was $91,002.
Police Officer (Eid)/Police Department (226)
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Mark Verkest works as a Police Officer (Eid) for Police Department (226). Their tenure dates to 2008, about 7 years. Mark earned $87,090 in 2015.
Police Officer (Eid)/Police Department (226)
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Kristopher Oster works as a Police Officer (Eid) for Police Department (226). They have served since 2006 (about 9 years). Kristopher earned $74,308 in 2015.
Police Officer (Eid)/Police Department (226)
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Gary Schaekel works as a Police Officer (Eid) for Police Department (226). They have served since 2000 (about 13 years). Gary earned $74,013 in 2013.
Police Officer (Eid)/Police Department (226)
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Charles Mewshaw holds the role of Police Officer (Eid) at Police Department (226). Their tenure dates to 2010, about 3 years. In 2013, their total compensation was $54,081.