City of Baltimore / Enoch Pratt Free Library (079) / Office Assistant II
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
5 employees hold this title in Enoch Pratt Free Library (079). Median total compensation for the role is $40,840, above the department median of $10,298.
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. Enoch Pratt Free Library (079) pays a median base salary of $41,307 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 34th 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 Enoch Pratt Free Library (079)’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. Enoch Pratt Free Library (079)’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 39th 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 4 of 5 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 Enoch Pratt Free Library (079) is $40,840, 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 II is held in 37 City of Baltimore departments. In Enoch Pratt Free Library (079), the median of $40,840 ranks #3 of 37.
Median total compensation for the Office Assistant II 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.
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Record list
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Office Assistant II/Enoch Pratt Free Library (079)
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Teresa Lecato works as a Office Assistant II for Enoch Pratt Free Library (079). Their tenure dates to 1980, about 40 years. Teresa earned $48,774 in 2020.
Office Assistant II/Enoch Pratt Free Library (079)
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At Enoch Pratt Free Library (079), James Grant serves as a Office Assistant II. Hired in 2000, they have about 20 years of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $41,775.
Office Assistant II/Enoch Pratt Free Library (079)
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Jerome Teagle is a Office Assistant II at Enoch Pratt Free Library (079). Their tenure dates to 1978, about 41 years. 2019 total compensation came to $40,840.
Office Assistant II/Enoch Pratt Free Library (079)
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Kelly Smith holds the role of Office Assistant II at Enoch Pratt Free Library (079). They have served since 2007 (about 13 years). In 2020, their total compensation was $37,734.
Office Assistant II/Enoch Pratt Free Library (079)
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Helen Townsend holds the role of Office Assistant II at Enoch Pratt Free Library (079). Hired in 1993, they have about 27 years of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $6,109.