City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701) / Office Support Specialist III
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
13 employees hold this title in Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Median total compensation for the role is $35,445, below the department median of $42,662.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 13 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 $35,390 for this role, 23% below that figure — about the 16th 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 21% below that national figure, about the 23rd 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.
Computed over the 17 of 20 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701) is $34,452, 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 Support Specialist III is held in 173 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701), the median of $35,445 ranks #130 of 173.
Median total compensation for the Office Support Specialist 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 2 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $39,096 ranks #2 of 2. See Office Support Specialist across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Office Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701), Vivian Smith serves as a Office Support Specialist III. They have served since 1988 (about 28 years). Their 2016 pay totaled $40,010.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701), Agnes Alston serves as a Office Support Specialist III. They have served since 2004 (about 16 years). Their 2020 pay totaled $39,204.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Frances Barrow works as a Office Support Specialist III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Hired in 1985, they have about 31 years of service. Frances earned $38,161 in 2016.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Lucinda Rathmann is a Office Support Specialist III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Hired in 2008, they have about 8 years of service. 2016 total compensation came to $35,888.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701), Karen Wilson serves as a Office Support Specialist III. They have served since 1981 (about 35 years). Their 2016 pay totaled $35,885.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Carla Sullivan holds the role of Office Support Specialist III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Their tenure dates to 2012, about 4 years. In 2016, their total compensation was $35,466.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701), Rita Bryant-Hayden serves as a Office Support Specialist III. Hired in 2007, they have about 9 years of service. Their 2016 pay totaled $35,445.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701), Vernita Cox serves as a Office Support Specialist III. Their tenure dates to 1997, about 23 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $35,390.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Courtney Becketts works as a Office Support Specialist III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Their tenure dates to 2012, about 4 years. Courtney earned $35,090 in 2016.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Blanche Wilson is a Office Support Specialist III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Hired in 2009, they have about 7 years of service. 2016 total compensation came to $33,813.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Ebony Alexander works as a Office Support Specialist III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). Their tenure dates to 2004, about 12 years. Ebony earned $32,852 in 2016.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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Rochelle Mcduffie works as a Office Support Specialist III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701). They have served since 2006 (about 10 years). Rochelle earned $32,608 in 2016.
Office Support Specialist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701)
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At Dpw-Water & Waste Water (701), Beryl Dade serves as a Office Support Specialist III. They have served since 2012 (about 4 years). Their 2016 pay totaled $28,223.