City of Baltimore / Housing & Community Development / Paralegal
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
9 employees hold this title in Housing & Community Development. Median total compensation for the role is $50,599, above the department median of $43,977.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 9 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 3,880 people — is $65,640. Housing & Community Development pays a median base salary of $51,396 for this role, 22% below that figure — about the 23rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants 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 Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 392,880 people — is $62,890. Housing & Community Development’s median base salary is 18% below that national figure, about the 27th 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 9 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 is $50,599, 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
Paralegal is held in 6 City of Baltimore departments. In Housing & Community Development, the median of $50,599 ranks #6 of 6.
Median total compensation for the Paralegal 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 25 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $62,050 ranks #7 of 25. See Paralegal across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Paralegal 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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Paralegal/Housing & Community Development
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Filishia Bond holds the role of Paralegal at Housing & Community Development. They have served since 2001 (about 13 years). In 2014, their total compensation was $53,929.
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Japonica Barnes is a Paralegal at Housing & Community Development. Their tenure dates to 2006, about 8 years. 2014 total compensation came to $52,750.
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At Housing & Community Development, Tahlea Mcneil serves as a Paralegal. Their tenure dates to 2007, about 7 years. Their 2014 pay totaled $52,335.
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At Housing & Community Development, Terri Moore serves as a Paralegal. They have served since 2009 (about 5 years). Their 2014 pay totaled $52,194.
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Carole Smith Rea is a Paralegal at Housing & Community Development. Their tenure dates to 2006, about 8 years. 2014 total compensation came to $50,599.
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At Housing & Community Development, Artina Stokes serves as a Paralegal. Hired in 2011, they have about 3 years of service. Their 2014 pay totaled $49,889.
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Irene Gervis is a Paralegal at Housing & Community Development. Hired in 2011, they have about a year of service. 2012 total compensation came to $44,790.
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Taneisha Hicks is a Paralegal at Housing & Community Development. They have served since 2013 (about a year). 2014 total compensation came to $33,992.
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Emily Schappi works as a Paralegal for Housing & Community Development. Hired in 2011, they have about a year of service. Emily earned $21,970 in 2012.