City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701) / 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 (701). Median total compensation for the role is $35,366, below the department median of $42,662.
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 (701) pays a median base salary of $33,085 for this role, 28% below that figure — below the 10th 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 (701)’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 (701)’s median base salary is 26% below that national figure, about the 17th 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 (701) is $33,085, 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 (701), the median of $35,366 ranks #108 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 (701)
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Frances Barrow is a Office Assistant III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Their tenure dates to 1985, about 30 years. 2015 total compensation came to $39,394.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701), Vivian Smith serves as a Office Assistant III. Their tenure dates to 1988, about 27 years. Their 2015 pay totaled $37,750.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701), Elizabeth Morris serves as a Office Assistant III. They have served since 1977 (about 36 years). Their 2013 pay totaled $36,723.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701), Vernita Cox serves as a Office Assistant III. Hired in 1997, they have about 18 years of service. Their 2015 pay totaled $36,485.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Rita Bryant-Hayden is a Office Assistant III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). They have served since 2007 (about 8 years). 2015 total compensation came to $35,565.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Evelyn Wingate works as a Office Assistant III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). They have served since 2000 (about 15 years). Evelyn earned $35,166 in 2015.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Alycia Wood works as a Office Assistant III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Hired in 2006, they have about 7 years of service. Alycia earned $33,085 in 2013.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Cheryl Avery is a Office Assistant III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Hired in 1998, they have about 15 years of service. 2013 total compensation came to $33,068.
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Alice Blackwell is a Office Assistant III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Hired in 1988, they have about 25 years of service. 2013 total compensation came to $29,553.
Office Assistant III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Beryl Dade holds the role of Office Assistant III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Hired in 2012, they have about 3 years of service. In 2015, their total compensation was $27,767.