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Police Department (397)

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

The Police Department (397) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.

In 2020, this agency had 19 employees with median total compensation of $85,954; the highest distinct record was $162,734.

Year
2020
Total payroll
$1.7M
Employees
19
Median total
$85,954
Highest record
$162,734

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 19 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($85,954) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$87,008 (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
$57,647
$60,522
$85,954
$98,377
$126,867

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $126,867 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $57,647. 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
$1.1M
14
$73,805
2015
$767.2K
27.1%
10
28.6%
$71,958
2.5%
2016
$848.1K
10.6%
11
10.0%
$65,744
8.6%
2017
$865.3K
2.0%
12
9.1%
$58,603
10.9%
2018
$1.1M
31.4%
15
25.0%
$69,159
18.0%
2019
$1.3M
13.9%
21
40.0%
$57,954
16.2%
2020
$1.7M
27.7%
19
9.5%
$85,954
48.3%

Record list

Employees

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Edward Davis

Operations Director II/Police Department (397)

2020 total comp
$119,154
Base pay
$119,154
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$119,154
Hire date
2019-09-23

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A99
Annualsalary
160000
Employee ID
141348

Edward Davis works as a Operations Director II for Police Department (397). Hired in 2019, they have about a year of service. Edward earned $119,154 in 2020.