City of Baltimore / Police Department (304)
Agency file
The Police Department (304) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 34 employees with median total compensation of $109,549; the highest distinct record was $243,550.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 34 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($109,549) — 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 $172,721 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $95,117. 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 | $1.6M — | 18 — | $79,451 — |
| 2015 | $2.1M ▲ 32.9% | 20 ▲ 11.1% | $94,982 ▲ 19.5% |
| 2016 | $2.2M ▲ 5.7% | 20 ±0% | $104,303 ▲ 9.8% |
| 2017 | $1.6M ▼ 25.3% | 16 ▼ 20.0% | $92,640 ▼ 11.2% |
| 2018 | $4.1M ▲ 151.2% | 36 ▲ 125.0% | $108,859 ▲ 17.5% |
| 2019 | $4.2M ▲ 2.8% | 37 ▲ 2.8% | $102,921 ▼ 5.5% |
| 2020 | $4.2M ▼ 1.5% | 34 ▼ 8.1% | $109,549 ▲ 6.4% |
Compare
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Record list
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Police Sergeant/Police Department (304)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (304), Timothy Palmer serves as a Police Sergeant. Their tenure dates to 1994, about 26 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $144,153.