City of Baltimore / Police Department (338)
Agency file
The Police Department (338) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 19 employees with median total compensation of $114,122; the highest distinct record was $214,588.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 19 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($114,122) — 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 $172,363 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $39,653. 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 | $1.4M — | 22 — | $70,674 — |
| 2015 | $1.1M ▼ 23.6% | 17 ▼ 22.7% | $69,196 ▼ 2.1% |
| 2016 | $1.3M ▲ 21.8% | 17 ±0% | $91,142 ▲ 31.7% |
| 2017 | $1.2M ▼ 5.7% | 14 ▼ 17.6% | $105,552 ▲ 15.8% |
| 2018 | $1.4M ▲ 15.5% | 16 ▲ 14.3% | $96,724 ▼ 8.4% |
| 2019 | $2.1M ▲ 46.4% | 20 ▲ 25.0% | $110,224 ▲ 14.0% |
| 2020 | $1.9M ▼ 8.2% | 19 ▼ 5.0% | $114,122 ▲ 3.5% |
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/Police Department (338)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (338), Karen Manns serves as a Police Officer. They have served since 1992 (about 28 years). Their 2020 pay totaled $34,300.