City of Baltimore / Police Department (351) / Police Lieutenant
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
1 employees hold this title in Police Department (351). Median total compensation for the role is $120,237, above the department median of $45,016.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 3,440 people — is $124,660. Police Department (351) pays a median base salary of $120,237 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 46th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Police Department (351)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 154,610 people — is $106,040. Police Department (351)’s median base salary is 13% above that national figure, about the 63rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Police Department (351) is $120,237, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Police Lieutenant is held in 83 City of Baltimore departments. In Police Department (351), the median of $120,237 ranks #30 of 83.
Median total compensation for the Police Lieutenant role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 22 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $132,732 ranks #13 of 22. See Police Lieutenant across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Lieutenant roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Police Lieutenant/Police Department (351)
Source-specific fields
Bruce Ridley works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Department (351). Hired in 1991, they have about 25 years of service. Bruce earned $120,237 in 2016.