City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601) / Office Assistant III
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
10 employees hold this title in Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Median total compensation for the role is $42,140, below the department median of $55,320.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 10 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
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 (601) pays a median base salary of $39,542 for this role, 15% below that figure — about the 29th 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 (601)’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 (601)’s median base salary is 12% below that national figure, about the 34th 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 (601) is $39,542, 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 Assistant III is held in 161 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601), the median of $42,140 ranks #20 of 161.
Median total compensation for the Office Assistant 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 13 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $34,102 ranks #8 of 13. See Office Assistant across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Office Assistant 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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Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)
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Cheryl Meekins works as a Office Assistant III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Hired in 1980, they have about 35 years of service. Cheryl earned $56,551 in 2015.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)
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Panetta Malone holds the role of Office Assistant III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Their tenure dates to 1990, about 25 years. In 2015, their total compensation was $54,846.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)
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Carol King works as a Office Assistant III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Their tenure dates to 1980, about 35 years. Carol earned $52,520 in 2015.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)
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Joyce Brown is a Office Assistant III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Hired in 1980, they have about 35 years of service. 2015 total compensation came to $46,823.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)
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Marki Sheriff is a Office Assistant III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Hired in 2007, they have about 8 years of service. 2015 total compensation came to $44,587.
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Sharon Smith works as a Office Assistant III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Hired in 1991, they have about 22 years of service. Sharon earned $39,693 in 2013.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)
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Fannie Dobbins works as a Office Assistant III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Their hire date on record is 91065600000. Fannie earned $39,391 in 2016.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)
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Amy Rines works as a Office Assistant III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Hired in 1995, they have about 20 years of service. Amy earned $38,106 in 2015.
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Candace Imes works as a Office Assistant III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Hired in 2008, they have about 7 years of service. Candace earned $36,959 in 2015.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)
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Latanya Alston is a Office Assistant III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Their tenure dates to 2012, about 3 years. 2015 total compensation came to $34,732.