City of Baltimore / Police Department (303)
Agency file
The Police Department (303) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 8 employees with median total compensation of $69,494; the highest distinct record was $145,039.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 8 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($69,494) — 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 $133,448 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $38,230. 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 | $482.3K — | 7 — | $85,605 — |
| 2015 | $430K ▼ 10.8% | 6 ▼ 14.3% | $72,582 ▼ 15.2% |
| 2016 | $301.6K ▼ 29.9% | 4 ▼ 33.3% | $72,780 ▲ 0.3% |
| 2017 | $398K ▲ 32.0% | 5 ▲ 25.0% | $105,056 ▲ 44.3% |
| 2018 | $831.9K ▲ 109.0% | 9 ▲ 80.0% | $98,781 ▼ 6.0% |
| 2019 | $775.5K ▼ 6.8% | 9 ±0% | $93,478 ▼ 5.4% |
| 2020 | $626K ▼ 19.3% | 8 ▼ 11.1% | $69,494 ▼ 25.7% |
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 Lieutenant/Police Department (303)
Source-specific fields
Jerome Forrest works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Department (303). They have served since 2001 (about 18 years). Jerome earned $136,258 in 2019.