City of Baltimore / Housing & Community Development (012) / Office Support Specialist II
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
4 employees hold this title in Housing & Community Development (012). Median total compensation for the role is $28,527, below the department median of $35,607.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 10,880 people — is $46,250. Housing & Community Development (012) pays a median base salary of $29,773 for this role, 36% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General 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 (012)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Housing & Community Development (012)’s median base salary is 34% 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 10 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 Housing & Community Development (012) is $27,913, 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
Office Support Specialist II is held in 62 City of Baltimore departments. In Housing & Community Development (012), the median of $28,527 ranks #40 of 62.
Median total compensation for the Office Support Specialist 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 2 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $39,096 ranks #2 of 2. See Office Support Specialist across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Office Support Specialist 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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Office Support Specialist II/Housing & Community Development (012)
Source-specific fields
Danielle Thompson holds the role of Office Support Specialist II at Housing & Community Development (012). Hired in 2018, they have about 2 years of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $32,599.
Office Support Specialist II/Housing & Community Development (012)
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Evette Brockington holds the role of Office Support Specialist II at Housing & Community Development (012). They have served since 2018 (about 2 years). In 2020, their total compensation was $31,338.
Office Support Specialist II/Housing & Community Development (012)
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At Housing & Community Development (012), Miranda Evans serves as a Office Support Specialist II. Hired in 2019, they have about a year of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $25,717.
Office Support Specialist II/Housing & Community Development (012)
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Joann Chavious is a Office Support Specialist II at Housing & Community Development (012). Hired in 2018, they have under a year of service. 2018 total compensation came to $6,616.