City of Baltimore / Law Department / Secretary III
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
11 employees hold this title in Law Department. Median total compensation for the role is $47,420, below the department median of $121,406.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 29,780 people — is $49,220. Law Department pays a median base salary of $44,158 for this role, 10% below that figure — about the 32nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 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 Law Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 1,706,790 people — is $47,540. Law Department’s median base salary is 7% below that national figure, about the 40th 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 Law Department is $44,158, 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
Secretary III is held in 70 City of Baltimore departments. In Law Department, the median of $47,420 ranks #31 of 70.
Median total compensation for the Secretary 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 27 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $38,859 ranks #18 of 27. See Secretary across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Secretary 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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Record list
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Secretary III/Law Department
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Lilia Weeks is a Secretary III at Law Department. Their tenure dates to 1980, about 41 years. 2021 total compensation came to $59,244.
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Maria Benton works as a Secretary III for Law Department. They have served since 1986 (about 35 years). Maria earned $56,910 in 2021.
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Shirley Davis holds the role of Secretary III at Law Department. Hired in 2010, they have about 11 years of service. In 2021, their total compensation was $51,887.
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Veronda Evans is a Secretary III at Law Department. They have served since 2006 (about 15 years). 2021 total compensation came to $50,843.
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At Law Department, Shirl Randall serves as a Secretary III. Hired in 1981, they have about 33 years of service. Their 2014 pay totaled $47,428.
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Nancy Bavato is a Secretary III at Law Department. Records show a hire date of -155692800000. 2014 total compensation came to $47,420.
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Vicki Johnson holds the role of Secretary III at Law Department. They have served since 1996 (about 16 years). In 2012, their total compensation was $42,620.
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Stacey Cherry holds the role of Secretary III at Law Department. Hired in 2002, they have about 12 years of service. In 2014, their total compensation was $41,377.
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Gloria Evans Miles works as a Secretary III for Law Department. They have served since 2007 (about 7 years). Gloria earned $39,023 in 2014.
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At Law Department, Carolyn Garcia serves as a Secretary III. Records show a hire date of -24451200000. Their 2021 pay totaled $37,880.
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Sheila Hyman works as a Secretary III for Law Department. Their tenure dates to 1995, about 16 years. Sheila earned $37,527 in 2011.