City of Baltimore / Mayor's Office / Executive Secretary
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Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
3 employees hold this title in Mayor's Office. Median total compensation for the role is $50,028, below the department median of $85,799.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 8,260 people — is $78,380. Mayor's Office pays a median base salary of $50,028 for this role, 36% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 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 Mayor's Office’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 459,910 people — is $76,590. Mayor's Office’s median base salary is 35% 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 Mayor's Office is $50,028, 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
Executive Secretary is held in 4 City of Baltimore departments. In Mayor's Office, the median of $50,028 ranks #2 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Executive Secretary 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 13 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $43,650 ranks #10 of 13. See Executive Secretary across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Executive 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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Executive Secretary/Mayor's Office
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Tanya Bailey is a Executive Secretary at Mayor's Office. Their tenure dates to 2016, about 5 years. 2021 total compensation came to $54,552.
Executive Secretary/Mayor's Office
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Sheila Wyche is a Executive Secretary at Mayor's Office. Their tenure dates to 1986, about 28 years. 2014 total compensation came to $50,028.
Executive Secretary/Mayor's Office
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Diana Turner holds the role of Executive Secretary at Mayor's Office. Their tenure dates to 2020, about a year. In 2021, their total compensation was $29,031.