City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water (580)
Agency file
The Dpw-Water & Waste Water (580) operates public utilities and infrastructure such as water, power, sanitation, or energy services.
In 2020, this agency had 9 employees with median total compensation of $35,027; the highest distinct record was $44,699.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2020 total compensation is spread across the 9 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($35,027) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $41,761 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $13,177. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.
Trend
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 7 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $524.5K — | 17 — | $32,317 — |
| 2015 | $447.2K ▼ 14.7% | 13 ▼ 23.5% | $32,984 ▲ 2.1% |
| 2016 | $383.9K ▼ 14.2% | 11 ▼ 15.4% | $32,526 ▼ 1.4% |
| 2017 | $305.9K ▼ 20.3% | 9 ▼ 18.2% | $32,031 ▼ 1.5% |
| 2018 | $347.9K ▲ 13.7% | 10 ▲ 11.1% | $35,217 ▲ 9.9% |
| 2019 | $343K ▼ 1.4% | 9 ▼ 10.0% | $35,265 ▲ 0.1% |
| 2020 | $280.9K ▼ 18.1% | 9 ±0% | $35,027 ▼ 0.7% |
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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Laborer/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (580)
Source-specific fields
At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (580), Melvin Bean serves as a Laborer. Their tenure dates to 2018, about 2 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $13,177.