City of Baltimore / Hlth-Health Department / Nutritionist
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Hlth-Health Department. Median total compensation for the role is $53,186, above the department median of $33,533.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Dietitians and Nutritionists — about 810 people — is $75,970. Hlth-Health Department pays a median base salary of $53,186 for this role, 30% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Dietitians and Nutritionists 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 Hlth-Health Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Dietitians and Nutritionists — about 77,570 people — is $76,400. Hlth-Health Department’s median base salary is 30% below that national figure, about the 14th 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 Hlth-Health Department is $53,186, 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
Nutritionist is held in 2 City of Baltimore departments. In Hlth-Health Department, the median of $53,186 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Nutritionist 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 9 jurisdictions. See Nutritionist across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Nutritionist 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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Nutritionist/Hlth-Health Department
Source-specific fields
Rosemary Wachira holds the role of Nutritionist at Hlth-Health Department. Hired in 1997, they have about 15 years of service. In 2012, their total compensation was $53,186.