City of Baltimore / Police Department (324)
Agency file
The Police Department (324) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 20 employees with median total compensation of $107,249; the highest distinct record was $139,470.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 20 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($107,249) — 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 $136,027 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $62,205. 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 | $1.1M — | 15 — | $85,234 — |
| 2015 | $1.1M ▼ 5.7% | 11 ▼ 26.7% | $87,162 ▲ 2.3% |
| 2016 | $3M ▲ 184.5% | 31 ▲ 181.8% | $92,666 ▲ 6.3% |
| 2017 | $1.3M ▼ 58.5% | 13 ▼ 58.1% | $94,281 ▲ 1.7% |
| 2018 | $1.5M ▲ 19.9% | 15 ▲ 15.4% | $107,305 ▲ 13.8% |
| 2019 | $2.6M ▲ 71.1% | 24 ▲ 60.0% | $111,865 ▲ 4.2% |
| 2020 | $2.1M ▼ 19.6% | 20 ▼ 16.7% | $107,249 ▼ 4.1% |
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Record list
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Police Lieutenant/Police Department (324)
Source-specific fields
Jeffrey Shorter is a Police Lieutenant at Police Department (324). They have served since 1994 (about 22 years). 2016 total compensation came to $127,708.
Police Officer/Police Department (324)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (324), Ronald Cromer serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 2007, about 13 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $126,653.