City of Baltimore / Department of Finance, Accounting and Payroll (003) / Accountant Trainee
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Finance, Accounting and Payroll (003). Median total compensation for the role is $33,250, below the department median of $51,222.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 13,550 people — is $85,160. Department of Finance, Accounting and Payroll (003) pays a median base salary of $33,250 for this role, 61% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors 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 Department of Finance, Accounting and Payroll (003)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 1,449,500 people — is $83,680. Department of Finance, Accounting and Payroll (003)’s median base salary is 60% 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Finance, Accounting and Payroll (003) is $33,250, 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
Accountant Trainee is held in 3 City of Baltimore departments. In Department of Finance, Accounting and Payroll (003), the median of $33,250 ranks #3 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Accountant Trainee 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 $35,560 ranks #2 of 2. See Accountant Trainee across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Accountant Trainee 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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Accountant Trainee/Department of Finance, Accounting and Payroll (003)
Source-specific fields
Terence Smith holds the role of Accountant Trainee at Department of Finance, Accounting and Payroll (003). Hired in 2015, they have about a year of service. In 2016, their total compensation was $33,250.