City of Baltimore / Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412) / Solid Waste Driver
Job-title file
Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
13 employees hold this title in Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412). Median total compensation for the role is $44,076, below the department median of $45,090.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 13 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 (Wkly) (412) pays a median base salary of $45,733 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 49th 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) (412)’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) (412)’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 41st 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 14 of 15 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 (Wkly) (412) is $44,076, 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) (412), the median of $44,076 ranks #6 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.
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Record list
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Solid Waste Driver/Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412)
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Steven Patterson works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412). Hired in 1989, they have about 31 years of service. Steven earned $56,073 in 2020.
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Alonzo Ames Iii holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412). They have served since 2007 (about 8 years). In 2015, their total compensation was $55,848.
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Dion Johnson holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412). They have served since 2003 (about 15 years). In 2018, their total compensation was $55,499.
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Linwood Davis holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412). They have served since 1973 (about 47 years). In 2020, their total compensation was $53,544.
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Dimitri Davenport El holds the role of Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412). They have served since 2003 (about 17 years). In 2020, their total compensation was $48,915.
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Antonio Mccan is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412). Their tenure dates to 2003, about 17 years. 2020 total compensation came to $47,391.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412), Kenneth Carroll serves as a Solid Waste Driver. Hired in 2004, they have about 14 years of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $44,076.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412), Howard Harrington Jr serves as a Solid Waste Driver. They have served since 2005 (about 10 years). Their 2015 pay totaled $43,570.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412), Michael Anderson serves as a Solid Waste Driver. They have served since 2006 (about 11 years). Their 2017 pay totaled $41,266.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412), Antoine Dunaway serves as a Solid Waste Driver. They have served since 2004 (about 14 years). Their 2018 pay totaled $38,736.
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At Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412), Elizabeth Williams serves as a Solid Waste Driver. Hired in 2001, they have about 15 years of service. Their 2016 pay totaled $37,428.
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Floyd Gwyn works as a Solid Waste Driver for Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412). They have served since 2011 (about 5 years). Floyd earned $36,562 in 2016.
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Welford Johnson Jr is a Solid Waste Driver at Dpw-Solid Waste (Wkly) (412). Their tenure dates to 1987, about 33 years. 2020 total compensation came to $19,093.