City of Baltimore / Housing & Community Development / Administrative Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
3 employees hold this title in Housing & Community Development. Median total compensation for the role is $61,747, above the department median of $43,977.
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 pays a median base salary of $61,747 for this role, 25% above that figure — about the 81st 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’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’s median base salary is 30% above that national figure, about the 82nd 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 Housing & Community Development is $61,747, 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
Administrative Assistant is held in 12 City of Baltimore departments. In Housing & Community Development, the median of $61,747 ranks #4 of 12.
Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant 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 31 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $59,897 ranks #14 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Administrative Assistantroles 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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Administrative Assistant/Housing & Community Development
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Susan Olubi is a Administrative Assistant at Housing & Community Development. They have served since 1993 (about 19 years). 2012 total compensation came to $75,992.
Administrative Assistant/Housing & Community Development
Source-specific fields
Evangeline Keita works as a Administrative Assistant for Housing & Community Development. Hired in 1996, they have about 16 years of service. Evangeline earned $61,747 in 2012.
Administrative Assistant/Housing & Community Development
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Gloria Townsend holds the role of Administrative Assistant at Housing & Community Development. Hired in 1990, they have about 22 years of service. In 2012, their total compensation was $57,184.