City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water (305) / Chemist I
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Dpw-Water & Waste Water (305). Median total compensation for the role is $12,124, below the department median of $58,139.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Chemists — about 610 people — is $118,880. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (305) pays a median base salary of $69,199 for this role, 42% below that figure — about the 13th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chemists 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 (305)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chemists — about 82,770 people — is $91,240. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (305)’s median base salary is 24% below that national figure, about the 25th 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 11 of 14 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-Water & Waste Water (305) is $59,842, 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
Chemist I is held in 2 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Water & Waste Water (305), the median of $12,124 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Chemist 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 16 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $59,004 ranks #13 of 16. See Chemist across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Chemist 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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Chemist I/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (305)
Source-specific fields
Alaya Rhymer works as a Chemist I for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (305). Hired in 2019, they have about a year of service. Alaya earned $24,249 in 2020.
Chemist I/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (305)
Source-specific fields
Ronika Mcnair holds the role of Chemist I at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (305). Hired in 2006, they have about 14 years of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $0.