City of Baltimore / Hr-Human Resources (004) / HR Specialist III
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
1 employee holds this title in Hr-Human Resources (004). Median total compensation for the role is $71,892, above the department median of $66,139.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 7,930 people — is $82,380. Hr-Human Resources (004) pays a median base salary of $57,685 for this role, 30% below that figure — about the 16th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Specialists 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 Hr-Human Resources (004)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 912,430 people — is $75,940. Hr-Human Resources (004)’s median base salary is 24% below that national figure, about the 24th 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 Hr-Human Resources (004) is $57,685, 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
HR Specialist III is held in 3 City of Baltimore departments. In Hr-Human Resources (004), the median of $71,892 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the HR Specialist III 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 5 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $57,414 ranks #3 of 5. See HR Specialist across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable HR 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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HR Specialist III/Hr-Human Resources (004)
Source-specific fields
At Hr-Human Resources (004), Patricia Williams serves as a HR Specialist III. Their tenure dates to 1990, about 28 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $71,892.