City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601) / Office Supervisor
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
2 employees hold this title in Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Median total compensation for the role is $50,213, below the department median of $55,320.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers — about 15,070 people — is $75,590. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601) pays a median base salary of $52,880 for this role, 30% below that figure — about the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 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 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers — about 1,436,680 people — is $69,500. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)’s median base salary is 24% below that national figure, about the 21st 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 $52,880, 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 Supervisor is held in 91 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601), the median of $50,213 ranks #49 of 91.
Median total compensation for the Office Supervisor 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 6 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $53,009 ranks #4 of 6. See Office Supervisor across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Office Supervisor 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 Supervisor/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)
Source-specific fields
Mary Wancowicz works as a Office Supervisor for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). Hired in 1976, they have about 37 years of service. Mary earned $52,880 in 2013.
Office Supervisor/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601)
Source-specific fields
Bonnie Palughi works as a Office Supervisor for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (601). They have served since 1979 (about 34 years). Bonnie earned $47,545 in 2013.