City of Baltimore / Police Department (330)
Agency file
The Police Department (330) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 38 employees with median total compensation of $130,629; the highest distinct record was $203,067.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 38 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($130,629) — 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 $185,122 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $102,115. 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 | $5.6M — | 64 — | $87,330 — |
| 2015 | $4.2M ▼ 24.4% | 38 ▼ 40.6% | $112,713 ▲ 29.1% |
| 2016 | $4.7M ▲ 11.9% | 40 ▲ 5.3% | $114,769 ▲ 1.8% |
| 2017 | $4.5M ▼ 5.0% | 39 ▼ 2.5% | $118,704 ▲ 3.4% |
| 2018 | $5.9M ▲ 30.6% | 47 ▲ 20.5% | $124,280 ▲ 4.7% |
| 2019 | $5.2M ▼ 11.5% | 40 ▼ 14.9% | $131,059 ▲ 5.5% |
| 2020 | $5.1M ▼ 1.5% | 38 ▼ 5.0% | $130,629 ▼ 0.3% |
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 Sergeant/Police Department (330)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (330), Shannon Cavey serves as a Police Sergeant. Their tenure dates to 1997, about 21 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $158,584.