City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205) / Office Support Specialist III
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
6 employees hold this title in Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205). Median total compensation for the role is $39,539, below the department median of $47,131.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 10,880 people — is $46,250. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205) pays a median base salary of $38,439 for this role, 17% below that figure — about the 25th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General 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 (205)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205)’s median base salary is 15% below that national figure, about the 31st 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 (205) is $38,439, 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
Office Support Specialist III is held in 171 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205), the median of $39,539 ranks #85 of 171.
Median total compensation for the Office Support Specialist III 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 2 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $39,096 ranks #2 of 2. See Office Support Specialist across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Office Support Specialist 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.
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Record list
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Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205)
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Nakia Robertson works as a Office Support Specialist III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205). Hired in 2007, they have about 13 years of service. Nakia earned $47,131 in 2020.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205), Wanda Green serves as a Office Support Specialist III. They have served since 1986 (about 34 years). Their 2020 pay totaled $45,325.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205), Yvette Richardson serves as a Office Support Specialist III. Hired in 2002, they have about 18 years of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $40,638.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205)
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Diane Shell works as a Office Support Specialist III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205). Hired in 1997, they have about 20 years of service. Diane earned $38,439 in 2017.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205)
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Lauren Powell Smothers is a Office Support Specialist III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205). Their tenure dates to 2007, about 13 years. 2020 total compensation came to $36,453.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205)
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Latisha Lyles works as a Office Support Specialist III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (205). Their tenure dates to 2006, about 11 years. Latisha earned $35,690 in 2017.