Compared with the local labor market
Liaison Officer I pay vs. the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Business Operations Specialists, All Other — about 16,400 people — is $98,060. Health Department pays a median base salary of $67,738 for this role, 31% below that figure — about the 20th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Health Department sits in the local pay range
$55,460
$73,000
$98,060
$125,050
$156,750
Health Department median · $67,738
The bar is the range of annual wages for Business Operations Specialists, All Other 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 Health Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Business Operations Specialists, All Other — about 1,087,090 people — is $83,050. Health Department’s median base salary is 18% below that national figure, about the 31st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$47,880
$62,640
$83,050
$114,010
$150,010
Health Department median · $67,738
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 Health Department is $67,738, 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.