City of Baltimore / Dpw-Solid Waste / Data Entry Operator I
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3 employees hold this title in Dpw-Solid Waste. Median total compensation for the role is $28,272, below 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 Data Entry Keyers — about 860 people — is $38,340. Dpw-Solid Waste pays a median base salary of $28,631 for this role, 25% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Data Entry Keyers 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 Data Entry Keyers — about 127,080 people — is $41,340. Dpw-Solid Waste’s median base salary is 31% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 $28,631, 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
Data Entry Operator I is held in 17 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Solid Waste, the median of $28,272 ranks #14 of 17.
Median total compensation for the Data Entry Operator I 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 5 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $33,823 ranks #3 of 5. See Data Entry Operator across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Data Entry Operator 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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Data Entry Operator I/Dpw-Solid Waste
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Christina Robinson works as a Data Entry Operator I for Dpw-Solid Waste. They have served since 2013 (about a year). Christina earned $28,990 in 2014.
Data Entry Operator I/Dpw-Solid Waste
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Jennifer Simmons works as a Data Entry Operator I for Dpw-Solid Waste. They have served since 2012 (about 2 years). Jennifer earned $28,272 in 2014.
Data Entry Operator I/Dpw-Solid Waste
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At Dpw-Solid Waste, Joycelyn Fleming serves as a Data Entry Operator I. Hired in 2013, they have about a year of service. Their 2014 pay totaled $27,052.