City of Baltimore / Dpw-Solid Waste / Automotive Mechanic
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
1 employees hold this title in Dpw-Solid Waste. Median total compensation for the role is $43,528, above the department median of $32,999.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics — about 6,340 people — is $57,630. Dpw-Solid Waste pays a median base salary of $43,528 for this role, 24% below that figure — about the 31st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 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’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics — about 704,640 people — is $50,620. Dpw-Solid Waste’s median base salary is 14% below that national figure, about the 35th 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 is $43,528, 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
Automotive Mechanic is held in 6 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Solid Waste, the median of $43,528 ranks #6 of 6.
Median total compensation for the Automotive Mechanic 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 10 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $56,697 ranks #8 of 10. See Automotive Mechanic across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Automotive Mechanic 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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Automotive Mechanic/Dpw-Solid Waste
Source-specific fields
Aaron Beauford Sr works as a Automotive Mechanic for Dpw-Solid Waste. Hired in 2005, they have about 9 years of service. Aaron earned $43,528 in 2014.