City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water (638) / Community Aide
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employee holds this title in Dpw-Water & Waste Water (638). Median total compensation for the role is $29,722, below the department median of $43,476.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Social and Human Service Assistants — about 3,230 people — is $48,420. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (638) pays a median base salary of $29,722 for this role, 39% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social and Human Service Assistants 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 (638)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Social and Human Service Assistants — about 437,860 people — is $45,930. Dpw-Water & Waste Water (638)’s median base salary is 35% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 (638) is $29,722, 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
Community Aide is held in 101 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Water & Waste Water (638), the median of $29,722 ranks #4 of 101.
Median total compensation for the Community Aide role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Community Aide/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (638)
Source-specific fields
Darlene Cunion is a Community Aide at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (638). They have served since 2019 (about a year). 2020 total compensation came to $29,722.