City of Baltimore / Police Department (405)
Agency file
The Police Department (405) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 29 employees with median total compensation of $46,307; the highest distinct record was $156,889.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 29 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($46,307) — 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 $114,389 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $18,058. 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 7 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $1.1M — | 30 — | $28,725 — |
| 2015 | $1.1M ▼ 5.0% | 23 ▼ 23.3% | $34,262 ▲ 19.3% |
| 2016 | $946.1K ▼ 13.1% | 16 ▼ 30.4% | $44,239 ▲ 29.1% |
| 2017 | $916.4K ▼ 3.1% | 18 ▲ 12.5% | $43,110 ▼ 2.6% |
| 2018 | $1.1M ▲ 22.6% | 19 ▲ 5.6% | $47,698 ▲ 10.6% |
| 2019 | $1.2M ▲ 10.3% | 23 ▲ 21.1% | $40,753 ▼ 14.6% |
| 2020 | $1.7M ▲ 41.0% | 29 ▲ 26.1% | $46,307 ▲ 13.6% |
Record list
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Operations Officer V/Police Department (405)
Source-specific fields
At Police Department (405), Karen Tyler serves as a Operations Officer V. They have served since 2019 (about a year). Their 2020 pay totaled $101,688.