City of Baltimore / General Services (301) / Office Support Specialist III
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
8 employees hold this title in General Services (301). Median total compensation for the role is $41,011, below the department median of $49,590.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 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. General Services (301) pays a median base salary of $38,138 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 24th 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 General Services (301)’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. General Services (301)’s median base salary is 15% below that national figure, about the 30th 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 16 of 19 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 General Services (301) is $34,578, 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 General Services (301), the median of $41,011 ranks #65 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/General Services (301)
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Kim Steele works as a Office Support Specialist III for General Services (301). Their tenure dates to 1980, about 40 years. Kim earned $52,067 in 2020.
Office Support Specialist III/General Services (301)
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Anna Kinigopoulos is a Office Support Specialist III at General Services (301). Their tenure dates to 2013, about 7 years. 2020 total compensation came to $49,590.
Office Support Specialist III/General Services (301)
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Donna Jones is a Office Support Specialist III at General Services (301). They have served since 2015 (about 5 years). 2020 total compensation came to $44,488.
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At General Services (301), Lakia Carrillo serves as a Office Support Specialist III. They have served since 2007 (about 13 years). Their 2020 pay totaled $42,840.
Office Support Specialist III/General Services (301)
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Yvonne Rice holds the role of Office Support Specialist III at General Services (301). They have served since 1994 (about 24 years). In 2018, their total compensation was $39,182.
Office Support Specialist III/General Services (301)
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At General Services (301), Sheral Shambley serves as a Office Support Specialist III. They have served since 2015 (about 3 years). Their 2018 pay totaled $38,443.
Office Support Specialist III/General Services (301)
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Aisha Abdullah is a Office Support Specialist III at General Services (301). Hired in 2013, they have about 4 years of service. 2017 total compensation came to $30,702.
Office Support Specialist III/General Services (301)
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At General Services (301), Jasmine Gaines serves as a Office Support Specialist III. They have served since 2014 (about 2 years). Their 2016 pay totaled $26,344.