City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water (100) / Personnel Assistant I
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
2 employees hold this title in Dpw-Water & Waste Water (100). Median total compensation for the role is $37,565, below the department median of $53,860.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks — about 840 people — is $60,330. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (100) pays a median base salary of $37,565 for this role, 38% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 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-Water & Waste Water (100)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks — about 153,140 people — is $58,260. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (100)’s median base salary is 36% 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-Water & Waste Water (100) is $37,565, 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
Personnel Assistant I is held in 19 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Water & Waste Water (100), the median of $37,565 ranks #11 of 19.
Median total compensation for the Personnel Assistant 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 4 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $39,966 ranks #3 of 4. See Personnel Assistant across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Personnel Assistantroles 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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Personnel Assistant I/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (100)
Source-specific fields
Lisa Watkins holds the role of Personnel Assistant I at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (100). Their tenure dates to 1997, about 16 years. In 2013, their total compensation was $40,191.
Personnel Assistant I/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (100)
Source-specific fields
Kathryn Dunning is a Personnel Assistant I at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (100). Their tenure dates to 2008, about 5 years. 2013 total compensation came to $34,939.