City of Baltimore / Police Department (264)
Agency file
The Police Department (264) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 9 employees with median total compensation of $50,106; the highest distinct record was $59,295.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 9 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($50,106) — 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 $57,805 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $36,900. 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 4 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $2.5M — | 29 — | $86,863 — |
| 2015 | $556.6K ▼ 78.1% | 7 ▼ 75.9% | $75,428 ▼ 13.2% |
| 2019 | $497.3K ▼ 10.7% | 10 ▲ 42.9% | $54,074 ▼ 28.3% |
| 2020 | $428.5K ▼ 13.8% | 9 ▼ 10.0% | $50,106 ▼ 7.3% |
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 Trainee/Police Department (264)
Source-specific fields
Justin Harris is a Police Officer Trainee at Police Department (264). Hired in 2018, they have about a year of service. 2019 total compensation came to $48,432.