City of Baltimore / Hr-Human Resources / HR Assistant I
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employee holds this title in Hr-Human Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $39,202, below the department median of $48,084.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping — about 660 people — is $57,530. Hr-Human Resources pays a median base salary of $42,690 for this role, 26% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 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’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping — about 90,220 people — is $50,610. Hr-Human Resources’s median base salary is 16% below that national figure, about the 22nd 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 is $42,690, 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 Assistant I is held in 23 City of Baltimore departments. In Hr-Human Resources, the median of $39,202 ranks #10 of 23.
Median total compensation for the HR Assistant I 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 2 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $41,651 ranks #2 of 2. See HR Assistant across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable HR Assistant 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.
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HR Assistant I/Hr-Human Resources
Source-specific fields
Lisa Watkins is a HR Assistant I at Hr-Human Resources. They have served since 1997 (about 17 years). 2014 total compensation came to $39,202.