One-Time Premium Pay Awarded To Baltimore County Employees

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — The county will provide a one-time premium pay of $3,000 for first responders, public safety and public health employees as well as a one-time premium pay of $1,000 for all other eligible county employees.

These one-time premium payments will be funded through Baltimore County’s American Rescue Plan Act allocation and will be in addition to other steps, increments and a mid-year cost of living increase included in Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski's fiscal year 2022 budget request.

“For more than a year, county workers have consistently and courageously gone above and beyond in serving on the front lines of this crisis,” Olszewski said in a news release. “The people of Baltimore County are forever grateful for the commitment of county employees to our communities and we’re proud to provide this important recognition of their life-saving efforts.”

First responders and public health employees will include police, fire, EMS, corrections, 911 center employees, sheriff’s office employees as well as workers in health and human services. County employees will receive premium pay during the first full pay period of fiscal year 2022.