City of Baltimore / Police Department (309)
Agency file
The Police Department (309) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 7 employees with median total compensation of $94,452; the highest distinct record was $137,628.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 7 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($94,452) — 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 $110,870 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $92,400. 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 | $1.3M — | 15 — | $84,118 — |
| 2015 | $2.4M ▲ 85.2% | 24 ▲ 60.0% | $94,606 ▲ 12.5% |
| 2016 | $2.2M ▼ 8.4% | 21 ▼ 12.5% | $102,059 ▲ 7.9% |
| 2017 | $2.2M ±0% | 22 ▲ 4.8% | $94,668 ▼ 7.2% |
| 2018 | $883.7K ▼ 59.5% | 9 ▼ 59.1% | $95,258 ▲ 0.6% |
| 2019 | $828.2K ▼ 6.3% | 8 ▼ 11.1% | $99,370 ▲ 4.3% |
| 2020 | $716.2K ▼ 13.5% | 7 ▼ 12.5% | $94,452 ▼ 4.9% |
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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 Officer/Police Department (309)
Source-specific fields
Krzysztof Gesla holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department (309). Hired in 1996, they have about 24 years of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $94,452.