City of Baltimore / Housing & Community Development / Recreation Arts Instructor
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
1 employee holds this title in Housing & Community Development. Median total compensation for the role is $26,771, below the department median of $71,508.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Recreation Workers — about 1,900 people — is $35,780. Housing & Community Development pays a median base salary of $26,771 for this role, 25% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Recreation Workers 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 Recreation Workers — about 331,490 people — is $36,560. Housing & Community Development’s median base salary is 27% 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Housing & Community Development is $26,771, 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
Recreation Arts Instructor is held in 29 City of Baltimore departments. In Housing & Community Development, the median of $26,771 ranks #5 of 29.
Median total compensation for the Recreation Arts Instructor role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Record list
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Recreation Arts Instructor/Housing & Community Development
Source-specific fields
Margaret Jackson holds the role of Recreation Arts Instructor at Housing & Community Development. Their tenure dates to 2003, about 18 years. In 2021, their total compensation was $26,771.