City of Baltimore / Dpw-Solid Waste (104) / Cdl Driver I
Job-title file
Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
4 employees hold this title in Dpw-Solid Waste (104). Median total compensation for the role is $33,254, below the department median of $40,683.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — about 15,580 people — is $59,460. Dpw-Solid Waste (104) pays a median base salary of $36,285 for this role, 39% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 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-Solid Waste (104)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — about 2,062,040 people — is $58,640. Dpw-Solid Waste (104)’s median base salary is 38% 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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Dpw-Solid Waste (104) is $36,285, 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
Cdl Driver I is held in 62 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Solid Waste (104), the median of $33,254 ranks #58 of 62.
Median total compensation for the Cdl Driver I role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Cdl Driver I/Dpw-Solid Waste (104)
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Sterling Johnson holds the role of Cdl Driver I at Dpw-Solid Waste (104). Their tenure dates to 2018, about 2 years. In 2020, their total compensation was $39,032.
Cdl Driver I/Dpw-Solid Waste (104)
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Sheraton Mcelwee works as a Cdl Driver I for Dpw-Solid Waste (104). Hired in 2017, they have about 3 years of service. Sheraton earned $36,285 in 2020.
Cdl Driver I/Dpw-Solid Waste (104)
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Cherey Lawrence-Covington is a Cdl Driver I at Dpw-Solid Waste (104). Hired in 2015, they have about 5 years of service. 2020 total compensation came to $30,224.
Cdl Driver I/Dpw-Solid Waste (104)
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (104), Walter Gore serves as a Cdl Driver I. Their tenure dates to 2019, about a year. Their 2020 pay totaled $29,323.