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Police Department (386)

Source file: City of Baltimore — Employee Salaries / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Police Department (386) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.

In 2020, this agency had 147 employees with median total compensation of $68,225; the highest distinct record was $162,979.

Year
2020
Total payroll
$10M
Employees
147
Median total
$68,225
Highest record
$162,979

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 147 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($68,225) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$67,726 (100%)
  • Overtime$0 (0%)
  • Other$0 (0%)
  • Benefits$0 (0%)

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.

Pay percentiles

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$24,953
$48,208
$68,225
$83,596
$107,044

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $107,044 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $24,953. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

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

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 7 published years.

YearTotal payrollEmployeesMedian pay
2013
$6.3M
105
$62,859
2015
$6.6M
4.8%
101
3.8%
$67,416
7.2%
2016
$6.7M
2.3%
105
4.0%
$64,970
3.6%
2017
$7M
4.1%
120
14.3%
$61,633
5.1%
2018
$8.1M
15.1%
119
0.8%
$68,494
11.1%
2019
$9M
12.1%
132
10.9%
$66,130
3.5%
2020
$10M
10.0%
147
11.4%
$68,225
3.2%

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