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“A new report shows a Baltimore police officer’s median pay is as high as that of a New York City police officer thanks in large part to overtime pay.
The report completed by the 21st Century Cities Initiative at Johns Hopkins University was sparked, its authors said, by a story about who leads the list of highest-paid city employees year after year.
Mac McComas co-authored a study of public sector pay recently released by the 21st Century Cities Initiative.
“From 2011 to 2018, the median total pay for a Baltimore police employee rose by 60%,” McComas said.
One of the study’s findings was that the median pay of a Baltimore police employee, $95,166, is almost the same as that of a New York City police employee, whose median pay is $95,473.”