City of Baltimore / Police Department (394)
Agency file
The Police Department (394) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 14 employees with median total compensation of $121,685; the highest distinct record was $144,546.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 14 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($121,685) — 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 $136,871 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $97,590. 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 5 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $2M — | 21 — | $89,145 — |
| 2017 | $2.2M ▲ 12.5% | 25 ▲ 19.0% | $94,022 ▲ 5.5% |
| 2018 | $2.4M ▲ 7.1% | 23 ▼ 8.0% | $107,470 ▲ 14.3% |
| 2019 | $1.6M ▼ 30.9% | 14 ▼ 39.1% | $119,514 ▲ 11.2% |
| 2020 | $1.7M ▲ 4.0% | 14 ±0% | $121,685 ▲ 1.8% |
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Record list
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Police Officer/Police Department (394)
Source-specific fields
Vanessa Simpson is a Police Officer at Police Department (394). Their tenure dates to 1992, about 26 years. 2018 total compensation came to $128,528.