City of Baltimore / Dpw-Solid Waste (415) / Solid Waste Driver
Job-title file
Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
36 employees hold this title in Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Median total compensation for the role is $44,670, above the department median of $38,687.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 36 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors — about 1,370 people — is $46,040. Dpw-Solid Waste (415) pays a median base salary of $45,454 for this role, 1% below that figure — about the 48th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 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 (415)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors — about 147,240 people — is $49,690. Dpw-Solid Waste (415)’s median base salary is 9% below that national figure, about the 40th 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.
Computed over the 36 of 41 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Dpw-Solid Waste (415) is $44,303, 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.
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Solid Waste Driver is held in 12 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Solid Waste (415), the median of $44,670 ranks #10 of 12.
Median total compensation for the Solid Waste Driver role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (415), Michael Rawlings serves as a Solid Waste Driver. They have served since 2015 (about 5 years). Their 2020 pay totaled $54,631.
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James King works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Their tenure dates to 2013, about 7 years. James earned $52,389 in 2020.
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Alan Weeks is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Hired in 2010, they have about 10 years of service. 2020 total compensation came to $51,888.
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Darryl Spence works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (415). They have served since 2006 (about 13 years). Darryl earned $51,363 in 2019.
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Frankie Williams is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). They have served since 2015 (about 2 years). 2017 total compensation came to $50,103.
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Gregory Richardson works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Their tenure dates to 2004, about 16 years. Gregory earned $48,747 in 2020.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (415), Dante Alston serves as a Solid Waste Driver. Hired in 2016, they have about 4 years of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $48,457.
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James King Iii works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (415). They have served since 2013 (about 6 years). James earned $48,401 in 2019.
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Towanda Williams works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Their tenure dates to 2016, about 3 years. Towanda earned $47,821 in 2019.
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Cedric Robinson holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Their tenure dates to 2015, about 5 years. In 2020, their total compensation was $47,794.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (415), Charnette Truitt serves as a Solid Waste Driver. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 5 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $47,546.
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Joseph Lawson works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Their tenure dates to 2019, about a year. Joseph earned $47,165 in 2020.
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Ronald Ingram is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). They have served since 2017 (about 3 years). 2020 total compensation came to $46,811.
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Dante Alston Sr. holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). They have served since 2016 (about 3 years). In 2019, their total compensation was $46,470.
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Randolph Williams holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Their tenure dates to 2017, about 3 years. In 2020, their total compensation was $46,127.
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Terrence Alexander is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). They have served since 2013 (about 7 years). 2020 total compensation came to $45,574.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (415), Jerome Moore serves as a Solid Waste Driver. Their tenure dates to 2016, about 4 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $45,334.
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Jazzmin Peoples is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Their tenure dates to 2018, about 2 years. 2020 total compensation came to $45,037.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (415), Tanya Duffy serves as a Solid Waste Driver. Their tenure dates to 2016, about 4 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $44,303.
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Terrance Grant is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). They have served since 2015 (about 5 years). 2020 total compensation came to $43,933.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (415), Girard Scott serves as a Solid Waste Driver. They have served since 2006 (about 14 years). Their 2020 pay totaled $43,807.
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Fard Hammond holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Hired in 2016, they have about 4 years of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $43,086.
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Eric Jones is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Hired in 2015, they have about 2 years of service. 2017 total compensation came to $42,811.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (415), Maurice Harried serves as a Solid Waste Driver. Hired in 2005, they have about 15 years of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $42,112.
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Lafawn Anderson holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). They have served since 2015 (about 5 years). In 2020, their total compensation was $42,059.
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Sean Rice holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). They have served since 2015 (about 3 years). In 2018, their total compensation was $41,635.
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Robert Davis works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Hired in 2018, they have about 2 years of service. Robert earned $41,149 in 2020.
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Robert Coleman works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Their tenure dates to 2018, about 2 years. Robert earned $41,046 in 2020.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (415), Marie Lonon serves as a Solid Waste Driver. Their tenure dates to 2016, about 4 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $39,500.
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James Knox is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Hired in 2019, they have about a year of service. 2020 total compensation came to $34,136.
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John Belton is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Hired in 2018, they have about 2 years of service. 2020 total compensation came to $32,335.
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Marie Brown is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). They have served since 2016 (about a year). 2017 total compensation came to $29,054.
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Matthew Johnson holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Hired in 2017, they have about 3 years of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $20,014.
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Paul Chase holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Hired in 2015, they have about 5 years of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $19,086.
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Roberto Cameron is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Their tenure dates to 2015, about 5 years. 2020 total compensation came to $16,246.
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Antoine Rushing holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (415). Their tenure dates to 2018, about 2 years. In 2020, their total compensation was $12,689.