City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618) / Commercial Driver's License Driver I
Job-title file
Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
3 employees hold this title in Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618). Median total compensation for the role is $49,812, above the department median of $48,215.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — about 15,580 people — is $59,460. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618) pays a median base salary of $50,847 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 28th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 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 (618)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — about 2,062,040 people — is $58,640. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618)’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 32nd 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 (618) is $50,847, 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
Commercial Driver's License Driver I is held in 62 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618), the median of $49,812 ranks #24 of 62.
Median total compensation for the Commercial Driver's License Driver I role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Record list
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Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618)
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Marvin Dow Sr holds the role of Commercial Driver's License Driver I at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618). Their tenure dates to 2002, about 18 years. In 2020, their total compensation was $51,881.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618)
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Penny Hopkins-Jones holds the role of Commercial Driver's License Driver I at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618). Their tenure dates to 2014, about 6 years. In 2020, their total compensation was $49,812.
Commercial Driver's License Driver I/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618)
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Felicia Campbell holds the role of Commercial Driver's License Driver I at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (618). Hired in 2019, they have about a year of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $25,229.