City of Baltimore / Housing & Community Development (009) / Secretary II
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
7 employees hold this title in Housing & Community Development (009). Median total compensation for the role is $28,831, below the department median of $68,915.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 29,780 people — is $49,220. Housing & Community Development (009) pays a median base salary of $32,970 for this role, 33% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 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 Housing & Community Development (009)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 1,706,790 people — is $47,540. Housing & Community Development (009)’s median base salary is 31% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 8 of 10 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 Housing & Community Development (009) is $32,558, 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
Secretary II is held in 48 City of Baltimore departments. In Housing & Community Development (009), the median of $28,831 ranks #41 of 48.
Median total compensation for the Secretary II 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 27 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $38,859 ranks #18 of 27. See Secretary across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Secretary 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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Secretary II/Housing & Community Development (009)
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Umar Abdul Hamid is a Secretary II at Housing & Community Development (009). They have served since 1995 (about 21 years). 2016 total compensation came to $35,751.
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Karen Gilmore is a Secretary II at Housing & Community Development (009). They have served since 2010 (about 6 years). 2016 total compensation came to $33,473.
Secretary II/Housing & Community Development (009)
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Irena Prifti works as a Secretary II for Housing & Community Development (009). Hired in 2008, they have about 5 years of service. Irena earned $32,175 in 2013.
Secretary II/Housing & Community Development (009)
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Erin Gray holds the role of Secretary II at Housing & Community Development (009). Their tenure dates to 2014, about 2 years. In 2016, their total compensation was $28,831.
Secretary II/Housing & Community Development (009)
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Autkia Felder holds the role of Secretary II at Housing & Community Development (009). They have served since 2016 (about a year). In 2017, their total compensation was $26,323.
Secretary II/Housing & Community Development (009)
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Margie Dorsey works as a Secretary II for Housing & Community Development (009). Their tenure dates to 2014, about a year. Margie earned $24,524 in 2015.
Secretary II/Housing & Community Development (009)
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Shanese Bond works as a Secretary II for Housing & Community Development (009). Their tenure dates to 2011, about 6 years. Shanese earned $15,920 in 2017.