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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

Page 1

C Peters

Police Officer/Police Department (397)

2020 total comp
$162,734
Base pay
$162,734
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$162,734
Hire date
1999-05-17

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A99
Annualsalary
89466
Employee ID
149489

At Police Department (397), C Peters serves as a Police Officer. Their tenure dates to 1999, about 21 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $162,734.