City of Baltimore / Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (318) / Solid Waste Driver
Job-title file
Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
2 employees hold this title in Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (318). Median total compensation for the role is $56,623, below the department median of $56,623.
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 (Wkly) (318) pays a median base salary of $56,623 for this role, 23% above that figure — about the 74th 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 (Wkly) (318)’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 (Wkly) (318)’s median base salary is 14% above that national figure, about the 64th 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 (Wkly) (318) is $56,623, 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
Solid Waste Driver is held in 14 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (318), the median of $56,623 ranks #2 of 14.
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.
Record list
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Solid Waste Driver/Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (318)
Source-specific fields
Elijah Ragin Jr is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (318). Hired in 1988, they have about 28 years of service. 2016 total compensation came to $70,114.
Solid Waste Driver/Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (318)
Source-specific fields
Girard Scott works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (318). Their tenure dates to 2006, about 10 years. Girard earned $43,131 in 2016.