Police Officer

Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 4,600 people — is $76,530. Police Department (392) pays a median base salary of $89,434 for this role, 17% above that figure — about the 67th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Police Department (392) is $89,434, 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.

Police Officer is held in 131 City of Baltimore departments. In Police Department (392), the median of $82,162 ranks #72 of 131.

This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $85,542 ranks #22 of 31. See Police Officer across all of City of Baltimore →