City of Baltimore / Police Department (409)
Agency file
The Police Department (409) provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2020, this agency had 22 employees with median total compensation of $111,350; the highest distinct record was $173,338.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 22 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($111,350) — 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 $145,101 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $84,353. 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 | $586.5K — | 8 — | $74,021 — |
| 2015 | $1.4M ▲ 139.0% | 15 ▲ 87.5% | $95,171 ▲ 28.6% |
| 2016 | $1.9M ▲ 36.7% | 19 ▲ 26.7% | $99,859 ▲ 4.9% |
| 2017 | $1.6M ▼ 17.8% | 16 ▼ 15.8% | $98,706 ▼ 1.2% |
| 2018 | $1.3M ▼ 17.7% | 12 ▼ 25.0% | $106,232 ▲ 7.6% |
| 2019 | $1.5M ▲ 17.3% | 12 ±0% | $137,104 ▲ 29.1% |
| 2020 | $2.4M ▲ 59.9% | 22 ▲ 83.3% | $111,350 ▼ 18.8% |
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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Contract Services Specialist I/Police Department (409)
Source-specific fields
Ernestine Ruffin holds the role of Contract Services Specialist I at Police Department (409). Their tenure dates to 1983, about 34 years. In 2017, their total compensation was $19,153.