City of Philadelphia / PPD Police / Police Lieutenant
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
332 employees hold this title in PPD Police. Median total compensation for the role is $38,638, above the department median of $27,267.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 332 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 3,250 people — is $119,540. PPD Police pays a median base salary of $28,134 for this role, 76% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives across every employer in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows PPD Police’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 154,610 people — is $106,040. PPD Police’s median base salary is 73% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 264 of 332 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at PPD Police is $38,638, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Police Lieutenant is held in 2 City of Philadelphia departments. In PPD Police, the median of $38,638 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Police Lieutenant role in other City of Philadelphiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 22 jurisdictions. In City of Philadelphia, the median of $40,230 ranks #21 of 22. See Police Lieutenant across all of City of Philadelphia →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Lieutenantroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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At PPD Police, Vida Lark serves as a Police Lieutenant. They work salaried. Their 2022 pay totaled $126,779.
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Robert Cesare works as a Police Lieutenant for PPD Police. Their status is salaried. Robert earned $126,460 in 2024.
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Edward Richards Jr works as a Police Lieutenant for PPD Police. Their status is salaried. Edward earned $125,017 in 2023.
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Harold Lloyd is a Police Lieutenant at PPD Police. They work salaried. 2022 total compensation came to $124,461.
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At PPD Police, John Barker serves as a Police Lieutenant. They work salaried. Their 2022 pay totaled $124,303.
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Daniel Dutch Jr. holds the role of Police Lieutenant at PPD Police. Their status is salaried. In 2021, their total compensation was $124,192.
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Gregory Brown Sr works as a Police Lieutenant for PPD Police. Their status is salaried. Gregory earned $121,332 in 2026.
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At PPD Police, Ezekiel Williams serves as a Police Lieutenant. They work salaried. Their 2025 pay totaled $115,910.