City of Baltimore / Dpw-Water & Waste Water / Chemist III
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
9 employees hold this title in Dpw-Water & Waste Water. Median total compensation for the role is $68,553, above the department median of $45,311.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 9 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 Chemists — about 610 people — is $118,880. Dpw-Water & Waste Water pays a median base salary of $57,362 for this role, 52% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chemists 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’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chemists — about 82,770 people — is $91,240. Dpw-Water & Waste Water’s median base salary is 37% 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.
Computed over the 24 of 28 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 is $54,804, 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
Chemist III is held in 4 City of Baltimore departments. In Dpw-Water & Waste Water, the median of $68,553 ranks #4 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Chemist 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 16 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $59,004 ranks #13 of 16. See Chemist across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Chemist 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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Chemist III/Dpw-Water & Waste Water
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Vinubhai Patel holds the role of Chemist III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water. Their tenure dates to 1979, about 35 years. In 2014, their total compensation was $69,662.
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Dhirendra Patel holds the role of Chemist III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1979 (about 35 years). In 2014, their total compensation was $69,643.
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George Waclawiw works as a Chemist III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1979 (about 35 years). George earned $69,616 in 2014.
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Iqbal Maqsood is a Chemist III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water. They have served since 1979 (about 35 years). 2014 total compensation came to $68,823.
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Irma De Borja holds the role of Chemist III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water. Hired in 1979, they have about 35 years of service. In 2014, their total compensation was $68,553.
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Musfia Sultana holds the role of Chemist III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water. Their tenure dates to 1979, about 35 years. In 2014, their total compensation was $68,423.
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Joseph Bayne Jr holds the role of Chemist III at Dpw-Water & Waste Water. Their hire date on record is 67132800000. In 2012, their total compensation was $67,480.
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Richard Nuss works as a Chemist III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water. Their tenure dates to 1990, about 24 years. Richard earned $65,757 in 2014.
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Tho Nguyen works as a Chemist III for Dpw-Water & Waste Water. Hired in 2005, they have about 9 years of service. Tho earned $60,381 in 2014.