City of Baltimore / General Services / Painter I
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
5 employees hold this title in General Services. Median total compensation for the role is $27,543, below the department median of $69,986.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance — about 1,460 people — is $48,600. General Services pays a median base salary of $53,187 for this role, 9% above that figure — about the 60th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Painters, Construction and Maintenance 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’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance — about 225,190 people — is $49,400. General Services’s median base salary is 8% above that national figure, about the 58th 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 13 of 14 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 is $52,379, 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
Painter I is held in 6 City of Baltimore departments. In General Services, the median of $27,543 ranks #5 of 6.
Median total compensation for the Painter I 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 28 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $42,109 ranks #21 of 28. See Painter across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Painter 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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Painter I/General Services
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William Moore works as a Painter I for General Services. They have served since 2006 (about 8 years). William earned $39,219 in 2014.
Painter I/General Services
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At General Services, Eljay Mcbride Jr serves as a Painter I. They have served since 2012 (about 2 years). Their 2014 pay totaled $39,037.
Painter I/General Services
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Nathan Covington holds the role of Painter I at General Services. Their tenure dates to 1999, about 12 years. In 2011, their total compensation was $27,543.
Painter I/General Services
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Tyrone Gore holds the role of Painter I at General Services. Hired in 1996, they have about 15 years of service. In 2011, their total compensation was $26,355.
Painter I/General Services
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Antonio Miles holds the role of Painter I at General Services. Hired in 2021, they have under a year of service. In 2021, their total compensation was $1,598.