City of Baltimore / Health Department / Nurse Practitioner
Job-title file
Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.
2 employees hold this title in Health Department. Median total compensation for the role is $123,533, above the department median of $56,506.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Nurse Practitioners — about 3,800 people — is $131,990. Health Department pays a median base salary of $123,533 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 29th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Nurse Practitioners 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 Nurse Practitioners — about 323,040 people — is $132,300. Health Department’s median base salary is 7% below that national figure, about the 35th 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 Health Department is $123,533, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $65,234 ranks #11 of 12. See Nurse Practitioner across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Nurse Practitioner 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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Nurse Practitioner/Health Department
Source-specific fields
Meagan D Shipley is a Nurse Practitioner at Health Department. They have served since 2008 (about 17 years). 2025 total compensation came to $124,597.
Nurse Practitioner/Health Department
Source-specific fields
At Health Department, Margaret Mills serves as a Nurse Practitioner. Hired in 2020, they have about 5 years of service. Their 2025 pay totaled $122,470.