Liaison Officer I at Department of Public Works, Water and Wastewater (701), Baltimore

Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Business Operations Specialists, All Other — about 16,400 people — is $98,060. Department of Public Works, Water and Wastewater (701) pays a median base salary of $43,825 for this role, 55% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Department of Public Works, Water and Wastewater (701) is $43,825, 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.

Liaison Officer I is held in 17 City of Baltimore departments. In Department of Public Works, Water and Wastewater (701), the median of $43,825 ranks #16 of 17.

• Collections Representative I 16
• Community Aide 12
• Custodian Care Accountant Specialist Adj I 8
• Customer Care Analyst I 39
• Customer Care Analyst II 58
• Customer Care Analyst III 9
• Customer Care Analyst Supervisor 5
• Customer Care Analyst Supervisor I 10
• Data Entry Operator I 8
• Data Entry Operator II 5
• Office Assistant III 10
• Office Support Specialist II 7
• Office Support Specialist III 13