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City of Baltimore / Housing & Community Development

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Housing & Community Development

Source file: City of Baltimore — Employee Salaries / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Housing & Community Development supports housing and community development — affordable housing, planning, and neighborhood programs.

In 2014, this agency had 446 employees with median total compensation of $43,977; the highest distinct record was $147,563.

Year
2014
Total payroll
$18.9M
Employees
446
Median total
$43,977
Highest record
$147,563

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

How 2014 total compensation is spread across the 446 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($43,977) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$42,325 (100%)
  • Overtime$0 (0%)
  • Other$0 (0%)
  • Benefits$0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$9,192
$29,207
$43,977
$55,736
$66,853

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $66,853 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $9,192. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 3 published years.

YearTotal payrollEmployeesMedian pay
2011
$20.3M
513
$40,138
2012
$23.2M
14.4%
533
3.9%
$45,112
12.4%
2014
$18.9M
18.7%
446
16.3%
$43,977
2.5%

Record list

Employees

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Dennis Janczak

Superintendent Housing Inspections/Housing & Community Development

2014 total comp
$80,888
Base pay
$80,888
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$80,888
Hire date
1975-12-08

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A06
Annualsalary
81000
Employee ID
58283

At Housing & Community Development, Dennis Janczak serves as a Superintendent Housing Inspections. Hired in 1975, they have about 39 years of service. Their 2014 pay totaled $80,888.

Mark Graves

Contract Service Specialist II/Housing & Community Development

2011 total comp
$80,398
Base pay
$80,398
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$80,398
Hire date
2008-07-01

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A06
Annualsalary
93600
Employee ID
11647

Mark Graves works as a Contract Service Specialist II for Housing & Community Development. Hired in 2008, they have about 3 years of service. Mark earned $80,398 in 2011.

Jeffrey Martin

Chief of Fiscal Services I/Housing & Community Development

2014 total comp
$79,938
Base pay
$79,938
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$79,938
Hire date
1980-07-14

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A06
Annualsalary
79100
Employee ID
60576

At Housing & Community Development, Jeffrey Martin serves as a Chief of Fiscal Services I. Hired in 1980, they have about 34 years of service. Their 2014 pay totaled $79,938.

Shama Ganachari

Chief of Cdbg Compliance/Housing & Community Development

2014 total comp
$79,380
Base pay
$79,380
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$79,380
Hire date
1994-12-03

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A06
Annualsalary
79500
Employee ID
55647

Shama Ganachari works as a Chief of Cdbg Compliance for Housing & Community Development. Their tenure dates to 1994, about 20 years. Shama earned $79,380 in 2014.

Blair Griffith

Assistant Counsel Code Enforce/Housing & Community Development

2014 total comp
$77,839
Base pay
$77,839
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$77,839
Hire date
2001-06-25

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A06
Annualsalary
77800
Employee ID
56510

At Housing & Community Development, Blair Griffith serves as a Assistant Counsel Code Enforce. Their tenure dates to 2001, about 13 years. Their 2014 pay totaled $77,839.

Arthur Gray

Division Chief II/Housing & Community Development

2014 total comp
$77,333
Base pay
$77,333
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$77,333
Hire date
1986-08-04

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A06
Annualsalary
76800
Employee ID
56267

Arthur Gray is a Division Chief II at Housing & Community Development. Hired in 1986, they have about 28 years of service. 2014 total compensation came to $77,333.

Evan Helfrich

Assistant Counsel Code Enforce/Housing & Community Development

2014 total comp
$77,251
Base pay
$77,251
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$77,251
Hire date
2002-04-29

Source-specific fields

Agencyid
A06
Annualsalary
77300
Employee ID
57277

Evan Helfrich holds the role of Assistant Counsel Code Enforce at Housing & Community Development. Hired in 2002, they have about 12 years of service. In 2014, their total compensation was $77,251.