City of Baltimore / Dpw-Administration (101) / HR Assistant I
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
2 employees hold this title in Dpw-Administration (101). Median total compensation for the role is $35,428, below the department median of $73,273.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping — about 660 people — is $57,530. Dpw-Administration (101) pays a median base salary of $44,416 for this role, 23% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 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 Dpw-Administration (101)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping — about 90,220 people — is $50,610. Dpw-Administration (101)’s median base salary is 12% below that national figure, about the 26th 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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Dpw-Administration (101) is $44,416, 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
HR Assistant I is held in 23 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Administration (101), the median of $35,428 ranks #19 of 23.
Median total compensation for the HR Assistant I role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $41,651 ranks #2 of 2. See HR Assistant across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable HR Assistant 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.
Record list
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HR Assistant I/Dpw-Administration (101)
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Nagaina Thomas holds the role of HR Assistant I at Dpw-Administration (101). Hired in 2010, they have about 8 years of service. In 2018, their total compensation was $40,916.
HR Assistant I/Dpw-Administration (101)
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At Dpw-Administration (101), Brandon Small serves as a HR Assistant I. Hired in 2015, they have about a year of service. Their 2016 pay totaled $29,940.