City of Baltimore / Department of Public Works, Solid Waste (401) / Data Entry Operator II
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1 employee holds this title in Department of Public Works, Solid Waste (401). Median total compensation for the role is $28,422, above the department median of $28,422.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Data Entry Keyers — about 860 people — is $38,340. Department of Public Works, Solid Waste (401) pays a median base salary of $28,422 for this role, 26% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Data Entry Keyers 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 Department of Public Works, Solid Waste (401)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Data Entry Keyers — about 127,080 people — is $41,340. Department of Public Works, Solid Waste (401)’s median base salary is 31% 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 Department of Public Works, Solid Waste (401) is $28,422, 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
Data Entry Operator II is held in 57 City of Baltimore departments. In Department of Public Works, Solid Waste (401), the median of $28,422 ranks #50 of 57.
Median total compensation for the Data Entry Operator II 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 5 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $33,823 ranks #3 of 5. See Data Entry Operator across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Data Entry Operator 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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Data Entry Operator II/Department of Public Works, Solid Waste (401)
Source-specific fields
At Department of Public Works, Solid Waste (401), Joycelyn Fleming serves as a Data Entry Operator II. Hired in 2013, they have about 2 years of service. Their 2015 pay totaled $28,422.