City of Baltimore / Police Department (296)
Agency file
The Police Department (296) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 12 employees with median total compensation of $91,022; the highest distinct record was $161,774.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 12 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($91,022) — 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 $156,219 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $11,650. 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 5 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $419.5K — | 5 — | $81,408 — |
| 2017 | $508K ▲ 21.1% | 5 ±0% | $120,776 ▲ 48.4% |
| 2018 | $914.8K ▲ 80.1% | 9 ▲ 80.0% | $113,378 ▼ 6.1% |
| 2019 | $659.6K ▼ 27.9% | 7 ▼ 22.2% | $108,251 ▼ 4.5% |
| 2020 | $977.5K ▲ 48.2% | 12 ▲ 71.4% | $91,022 ▼ 15.9% |
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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 Command Staff II/Police Department (296)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (296), John Skinner serves as a Police Command Staff II. They have served since 1993 (about 20 years). Their 2013 pay totaled $138,347.