City of Baltimore / Police Department (323)
Agency file
The Police Department (323) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 14 employees with median total compensation of $110,657; the highest distinct record was $153,763.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 14 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($110,657) — 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 $150,210 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $91,474. 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 | $2.2M — | 26 — | $82,126 — |
| 2015 | $2.1M ▼ 4.2% | 22 ▼ 15.4% | $90,471 ▲ 10.2% |
| 2016 | $1.7M ▼ 19.9% | 17 ▼ 22.7% | $93,725 ▲ 3.6% |
| 2017 | $1.7M ▲ 0.8% | 19 ▲ 11.8% | $89,714 ▼ 4.3% |
| 2018 | $2.2M ▲ 29.4% | 21 ▲ 10.5% | $98,033 ▲ 9.3% |
| 2019 | $1.7M ▼ 19.8% | 16 ▼ 23.8% | $108,578 ▲ 10.8% |
| 2020 | $1.6M ▼ 9.0% | 14 ▼ 12.5% | $110,657 ▲ 1.9% |
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 (Eid)/Police Department (323)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (323), Michael Lash serves as a Police Officer (Eid). They have served since 1999 (about 21 years). Their 2020 pay totaled $115,105.