City of Baltimore / M-R Human Services (005) / Office Support Specialist III
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
2 employees hold this title in M-R Human Services (005). Median total compensation for the role is $20,799, above the department median of $5,486.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 10,880 people — is $46,250. M-R Human Services (005) pays a median base salary of $35,684 for this role, 23% below that figure — about the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General 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 M-R Human Services (005)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. M-R Human Services (005)’s median base salary is 21% below that national figure, about the 23rd 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.
Computed over the 3 of 4 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at M-R Human Services (005) is $33,397, 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
Office Support Specialist III is held in 120 City of Baltimore departments. In M-R Human Services (005), the median of $20,799 ranks #115 of 120.
Median total compensation for the Office Support 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 2 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $39,096 ranks #2 of 2. See Office Support Specialist across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Office Support 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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Office Support Specialist III/M-R Human Services (005)
Source-specific fields
At M-R Human Services (005), Lynette Smothers serves as a Office Support Specialist III. They have served since 2008 (about 10 years). Their 2018 pay totaled $37,920.
Office Support Specialist III/M-R Human Services (005)
Source-specific fields
Seana Thomas holds the role of Office Support Specialist III at M-R Human Services (005). Hired in 2019, they have under a year of service. In 2019, their total compensation was $3,677.