City of Baltimore / Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (358) / Commercial Driver's License Driver I
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) (358). Median total compensation for the role is $45,561, above the department median of $43,841.
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 (Wkly) (358) pays a median base salary of $45,561 for this role, 23% below that figure — about the 15th 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 (Wkly) (358)’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 (Wkly) (358)’s median base salary is 22% below that national figure, about the 20th 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) (358) is $45,561, 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
Commercial Driver's License Driver I is held in 62 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (358), the median of $45,561 ranks #32 of 62.
Median total compensation for the Commercial Driver's License Driver I role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Record list
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Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (358)
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (358), James Tucker Jr serves as a Commercial Driver's License Driver I. Hired in 1999, they have about 21 years of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $48,098.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (358)
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (358), Torrence Westbrook serves as a Commercial Driver's License Driver I. They have served since 2004 (about 16 years). Their 2020 pay totaled $43,025.