Compared with the local labor market
Office Support Specialist III pay vs. the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 10,880 people — is $46,250. Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology pays a median base salary of $40,465 for this role, 13% below that figure — about the 32nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology sits in the local pay range
$33,440
$38,370
$46,250
$54,900
$65,050
Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology median · $40,465
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology’s median base salary is 10% below that national figure, about the 37th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$30,310
$36,350
$45,010
$54,300
$64,680
Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology median · $40,465
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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology is $40,465, 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 jurisdictions
Office Support Specialist beyond City of Baltimore
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $39,096 ranks #2 of 2. See Office Support Specialist across all of City of Baltimore →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Office Support Specialist roles 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.